diff --git a/content/en/docs/setup/getting-started/index.md b/content/en/docs/setup/getting-started/index.md
index 08c1d88423..bb281f4d80 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/setup/getting-started/index.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/setup/getting-started/index.md
@@ -42,9 +42,10 @@ Follow these steps to get started with Istio:
 
     {{< tip >}}
     The command above downloads the latest release (numerically) of Istio.
-    To download a specific version, you can add a variable on the command line.
-    For example to download Istio 1.4.3, you would run
-      `curl -L https://istio.io/downloadIstio | ISTIO_VERSION=1.4.3 sh -`
+    You can pass variables on the command line to download a specific version
+    or to override the processor architecture.
+    For example, to download Istio 1.6.8 for the x86_64 architecture,
+    run `curl -L https://istio.io/downloadIstio | ISTIO_VERSION=1.6.8 TARGET_ARCH=x86_64 sh -`.
     {{< /tip >}}
 
 1.  Move to the Istio package directory. For example, if the package is