diff --git a/docs/source/getting-started.rst b/docs/source/getting-started.rst
index 174905133..4747449fc 100644
--- a/docs/source/getting-started.rst
+++ b/docs/source/getting-started.rst
@@ -142,12 +142,26 @@ Compiling and running ndnSIM
 ndnSIM uses a standard NS-3 compilation procedure.  Normally the following commands should be
 sufficient to configure and build ndnSIM with python bindings enabled:
 
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   cd <pybindgen-folder>
+   ./waf configure 
+   ./waf
+   sudo ./waf install
+
 .. code-block:: bash
 
    cd <ns-3-folder>
    ./waf configure --enable-examples
    ./waf
 
+If you wish to specify the python version to be used then use the following command while configuring:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+   ./waf configure --python=<python-path(/usr/bin/python3)>
+
+
 On macOS (with MacPorts), you may need to modify the configure command to use MacPorts
 version of python: