diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/aws/cloud-configs/master.yaml b/docs/getting-started-guides/aws/cloud-configs/master.yaml
index 3373c22335e..1007c827318 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/aws/cloud-configs/master.yaml
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/aws/cloud-configs/master.yaml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ coreos:
         ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/mkdir -p /opt/bin
         ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/wget -N -P /opt/bin https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s/flanneld
         ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/chmod +x /opt/bin/flanneld
-        ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/etcdctl mk /coreos.com/network/config '{"Network":"10.244.0.0/16", "Backend": {"Type": "vxlan"}}'
+        ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/etcdctl mk /coreos.com/network/config '{"Network":"10.244.0.0/16", "Backend": {"Type": "vxlan"}}'
         ExecStart=/opt/bin/flanneld
     - name: kube-apiserver.service
       command: start
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/cloud-configs/master.yaml b/docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/cloud-configs/master.yaml
index 173147a4c31..47a9c3ccb00 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/cloud-configs/master.yaml
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/coreos/cloud-configs/master.yaml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ coreos:
         ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/mkdir -p /opt/bin
         ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/wget -N -P /opt/bin https://storage.googleapis.com/k8s/flanneld
         ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/chmod +x /opt/bin/flanneld
-        ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/etcdctl mk /coreos.com/network/config '{"Network":"10.244.0.0/16", "Backend": {"Type": "vxlan"}}'
+        ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/etcdctl mk /coreos.com/network/config '{"Network":"10.244.0.0/16", "Backend": {"Type": "vxlan"}}'
         ExecStart=/opt/bin/flanneld
     - name: kube-apiserver.service
       command: start