diff --git a/docs/tutorials/stateful-application/basic-stateful-set.md b/docs/tutorials/stateful-application/basic-stateful-set.md
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--- a/docs/tutorials/stateful-application/basic-stateful-set.md
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@@ -285,6 +285,16 @@ web-0
 web-1
 ```
 
+Note, if you instead see 403 Forbidden responses for the above curl command,
+you will need to fix the permissions of the directory mounted by the `volumeMounts`
+(due to a [bug when using hostPath volumes](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/2630)) with:
+
+```shell
+for i in 0 1; do kubectl exec web-$i -- chmod 755 /usr/share/nginx/html; done
+```
+
+before retrying the curl command above.
+
 In one terminal, watch the StatefulSet's Pods.
 
 ```shell