diff --git a/src/content/docs/pages/tutorials/build-an-api-with-pages-functions/index.mdx b/src/content/docs/pages/tutorials/build-an-api-with-pages-functions/index.mdx
index 0e26c748a87ea8..8cdbbd39b61f0c 100644
--- a/src/content/docs/pages/tutorials/build-an-api-with-pages-functions/index.mdx
+++ b/src/content/docs/pages/tutorials/build-an-api-with-pages-functions/index.mdx
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ In your terminal, create a new React project called `blog-frontend` using the `c
 ```sh title="Create a new React application"
 npx create-vite -t react blog-frontend
 cd blog-frontend
-npm start
+npm install
+npm run dev
 ```
 
 ### Set up your React project