diff --git a/k8s/trillian/README.md b/k8s/trillian/README.md
index a3e5102436..90d407a729 100644
--- a/k8s/trillian/README.md
+++ b/k8s/trillian/README.md
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ Create a new cluster from the command line:
 export CLUSTER=trillian-cluster
 export ZONE=us-west1-a
 
-gcloud container clusters create "$CLUSTER" --zone "$ZONE" --enable-autoscaling
+gcloud container clusters create "$CLUSTER" \
+  --zone "$ZONE" --machine-type=n1-standard-2 \
+  --enable-autoscaling --min-nodes=3 --max-nodes=10
 ```
 
 Configure `kubectl` to connect to the new cluster.