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diff --git a/INSTALL.Linux b/INSTALL.Linux
index 911558177..31bc3e08d 100644
--- a/INSTALL.Linux
+++ b/INSTALL.Linux
@@ -169,6 +169,12 @@ listen on a Unix domain socket, e.g.:
% ovsdb-server /etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db --remote=punix:/var/run/ovsdb-server
+Then initialize the database with "ovs-vsctl init". This is only
+necessary the first time after you create the database with
+ovsdb-tool (but running it at any time is harmless):
+
+ % ovs-vsctl init
+
Then start the main Open vSwitch daemon, telling it to connect to the
same Unix domain socket: