diff --git a/daprdocs/content/en/operations/hosting/kubernetes/kubernetes-deploy.md b/daprdocs/content/en/operations/hosting/kubernetes/kubernetes-deploy.md
index 1d9372851..e42d4e223 100644
--- a/daprdocs/content/en/operations/hosting/kubernetes/kubernetes-deploy.md
+++ b/daprdocs/content/en/operations/hosting/kubernetes/kubernetes-deploy.md
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ The default namespace when initializing Dapr is `dapr-system`. You can override
 dapr init -k -n mynamespace
 ```
 
-
 ### Install in highly available mode
 
 You can run Dapr with 3 replicas of each control plane pod in the dapr-system namespace for [production scenarios]({{< ref kubernetes-production.md >}}).
@@ -82,6 +81,12 @@ Dapr is initialized by default with [mTLS]({{< ref "security-concept.md#sidecar-
 dapr init -k --enable-mtls=false
 ```
 
+### Wait for the installation to complete (default timeout is 300s/5m)
+
+```bash
+dapr init -k --wait --timeout 600
+```
+
 ### Uninstall Dapr on Kubernetes with CLI
 
 Run the following command on your local machine to uninstall Dapr on your cluster:
diff --git a/daprdocs/content/en/reference/cli/dapr-init.md b/daprdocs/content/en/reference/cli/dapr-init.md
index 959a4324f..bef9afb49 100644
--- a/daprdocs/content/en/reference/cli/dapr-init.md
+++ b/daprdocs/content/en/reference/cli/dapr-init.md
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ dapr init [flags]
 | `--enable-mtls` | | `true` | Enable mTLS in your cluster |
 | `--help`, `-h` | | | Print this help message |
 | `--kubernetes`, `-k` | | `false` | Deploy Dapr to a Kubernetes cluster |
+| `--wait` | | `false` | Wait for Kubernetes initialization to complete |
+| `--timeout` | | `300` | The wait timeout for the Kubernetes installation |
 | `--namespace`, `-n` | | `dapr-system` | The Kubernetes namespace to install Dapr in |
 | `--network` | `DAPR_NETWORK` | | The Docker network on which to deploy the Dapr runtime |
 | `--runtime-version` | | `latest` | The version of the Dapr runtime to install, for example: `1.0.0` |
@@ -44,6 +46,11 @@ dapr init
 dapr init -k
 ```
 
+### Initialize Dapr in Kubernetes and wait for the installation to complete (default timeout is 300s/5m)
+```bash
+dapr init -k --wait --timeout 600
+```
+
 ### Initialize specified version of Dapr runtime in self-hosted mode
 ```bash
 dapr init --runtime-version 0.10.0