diff --git a/get-started/part3.md b/get-started/part3.md
index 5a23362769..be6fc0bba3 100644
--- a/get-started/part3.md
+++ b/get-started/part3.md
@@ -231,14 +231,26 @@ started.
 
 ### Take down the app and the swarm
 
-Take the app down with `docker stack rm`:
+* Take the app down with `docker stack rm`:
 
-```shell
-docker stack rm getstartedlab
-```
+  ```shell
+  docker stack rm getstartedlab
+  ```
 
-This removes the app, but our one-node swarm is still up and running (as shown
-by `docker node ls`). Take down the swarm with `docker swarm leave --force`.
+  This removes the app, but our one-node swarm is still up and running
+  (as shown by `docker node ls`).
+
+* Take down the swarm.
+
+  ```
+  docker swarm leave --force
+  ```
+
+  This removes the swarm. The purpose of this is to have a clean slate
+  in preparation for the next steps, where you create a swarm on
+  virtual "Docker machines" starting from the same command shell.
+  This way, there'll be no confusion as to which Dockerized host you are
+  using or which swarm you are working with.
 
 It's as easy as that to stand up and scale your app with Docker. You've taken a
 huge step towards learning how to run containers in production. Up next, you
@@ -274,4 +286,5 @@ docker service ps <service>                  # List tasks associated with an app
 docker inspect <task or container>                   # Inspect task or container
 docker container ls -q                                      # List container IDs
 docker stack rm <appname>                             # Tear down an application
+docker swarm leave --force      # Take down a single node swarm from the manager
 ```
diff --git a/get-started/part4.md b/get-started/part4.md
index 785e2b4910..acbd543299 100644
--- a/get-started/part4.md
+++ b/get-started/part4.md
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ which kept load-balancing requests across containers, even though they were
 running on different machines. Finally, you learned how to iterate and scale
 your app on a cluster.
 
-Here are some commands you might like to run to interact with your swarm a bit:
+Here are some commands you might like to run to interact with your swarm and your VMs a bit:
 
 ```shell
 docker-machine create --driver virtualbox myvm1 # Create a VM (Mac, Win7, Linux)
@@ -525,11 +525,18 @@ docker-machine ssh myvm1 "docker node ls"         # List the nodes in your swarm
 docker-machine ssh myvm1 "docker node inspect <node ID>"        # Inspect a node
 docker-machine ssh myvm1 "docker swarm join-token -q worker"   # View join token
 docker-machine ssh myvm1   # Open an SSH session with the VM; type "exit" to end
+docker node ls                # View nodes in swarm (while logged on to manager)
 docker-machine ssh myvm2 "docker swarm leave"  # Make the worker leave the swarm
 docker-machine ssh myvm1 "docker swarm leave -f" # Make master leave, kill swarm
+docker-machine ls # list VMs, asterisk shows which VM this shell is talking to
 docker-machine start myvm1            # Start a VM that is currently not running
+docker-machine env myvm1      # show environment variables and command for myvm1
+eval $(docker-machine env myvm1)         # Mac command to connect shell to myvm1
+& "C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Resources\bin\docker-machine.exe" env myvm1 | Invoke-Expression   # Windows command to connect shell to myvm1
+docker stack deploy -c <file> <app>  # Deploy an app; command shell must be set to talk to manager (myvm1), uses local Compose file
+docker-machine scp docker-compose.yml myvm1:~ # Copy file to node's home dir (only required if you use ssh to connect to manager and deploy the app)
+docker-machine ssh myvm1 "docker stack deploy -c <file> <app>"   # Deploy an app using ssh (you must have first copied the Compose file to myvm1)
+eval $(docker-machine env -u)     # Disconnect shell from VMs, use native docker
 docker-machine stop $(docker-machine ls -q)               # Stop all running VMs
 docker-machine rm $(docker-machine ls -q) # Delete all VMs and their disk images
-docker-machine scp docker-compose.yml myvm1:~     # Copy file to node's home dir
-docker-machine ssh myvm1 "docker stack deploy -c <file> <app>"   # Deploy an app
 ```