diff --git a/cli/README.md b/cli/README.md
index 40858da0f8..8edaf35509 100644
--- a/cli/README.md
+++ b/cli/README.md
@@ -107,11 +107,7 @@ docker-compose up -d
 
 `exec` into the container
 ```shell
-docker-compose exec ente /bin/sh
+docker-compose exec ente-cli /bin/sh -c "./ente-cli version"
+docker-compose exec ente-cli /bin/sh -c "./ente-cli account add" 
 ```
 
-#### Directly executing commands
-
-```shell
-docker run -it --rm ente:latest ls
-```
diff --git a/cli/docker-compose.yml b/cli/docker-compose.yml
index b3c8ad0cea..d508155115 100644
--- a/cli/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/cli/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ services:
     image: ente-cli:latest
     command: /bin/sh
     volumes:
-      # Replace /Volumes/Data/ with a folder path on your system, typically $HOME/.ente-cli/
-      - ~/.ente-cli/:/cli-data:rw
-#      - ~/Downloads/export-data:/data:rw
+      # This is mandatory to mount the local directory to the container at /cli-data
+      # CLI will use this directory to store the data required for syncing export
+      - /path/to/local/directory/cli/:/cli-data:rw
+      # You can add additional volumes to mount the export directory to the container
+      # While adding account for export, you can use /data as the export directory.
+      - /path/to/local/directory/export:/data:rw
     stdin_open: true
     tty: true
diff --git a/cli/main.go b/cli/main.go
index 05ea3a6e27..fce469f199 100644
--- a/cli/main.go
+++ b/cli/main.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func main() {
 		cliDBPath = constants.CliDataPath
 		_, err := internal.ValidateDirForWrite(cliDBPath)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("Please mount a volume to %s to persist cli data\n%v\n", cliDBPath, err)
+			log.Fatalf("Please mount a volume to %s\n%v\n", cliDBPath, err)
 		}
 	}
 	if err != nil {