diff --git a/documentation/operator-guide/initialization.rst b/documentation/operator-guide/initialization.rst
index 532cc2fcdf34fa1d252b8f5789808ca5b0f04c7e..f9c57a25840686292d454424b65f8fe1367f7883 100644
--- a/documentation/operator-guide/initialization.rst
+++ b/documentation/operator-guide/initialization.rst
@@ -276,4 +276,5 @@ This section defines the exposed services, and how the layers shall be cached in
           style: earth
           # TODO grids? cache options?
 
-
+Once the initialization is finished the next step is to deploy the Docker Swarm
+stack as described in the section :ref:`setup`.
diff --git a/documentation/operator-guide/intro.rst b/documentation/operator-guide/intro.rst
index f4532cf8a29b74589e70040941a1f25f92ac598b..cc76aec4d0a590062ddd6b70f4ad95aba5514dc6 100644
--- a/documentation/operator-guide/intro.rst
+++ b/documentation/operator-guide/intro.rst
@@ -63,8 +63,12 @@ The following configuration files impact the behavior of the View Server:
    published layers.
  - `init-db.sh`: This file sets up the registrar and renderer side of the VS.
 
-Setup
------
+Initialization and Setup
+------------------------
 
 In order to help with the initial setup of a VS, the ``pvs_starter`` package
-allows to quickly establish the required structure of configuration files.
+described in the section :ref:`initialization` allows to quickly establish the
+required structure of configuration files.
+
+The section :ref:`setup` describes how to deploy a Docker Swarm stack using the
+configuration files generated in the initialization step.