diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
index 041cc673233..d77f30e7765 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ var (
 		If you are on a systemd-powered system, you can try to troubleshoot the error with the following commands:
 			- 'systemctl status kubelet'
 			- 'journalctl -xeu kubelet'
+		
+		Additionally a control plane component may not have come up in docker. If that's the case, you can enumerate 
+		all docker containers that have been started (including ones that have crashed and exited) by running the
+		following commands:
+			- 'docker ps -a'
+		
+		Once you have that list, you can inspect the logs for any pod with:
+			- 'docker logs $CONTAINERID'
 		`)))
 )