diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c9dad1ce6b..967fa72232 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,12 +21,17 @@ cocos2d-x is:
 Git user attention
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-1. After cloning the repo, please execute `download-deps.py` to download and install dependencies.
+1. clone the repo from GitHub.
+         $ git clone git@github.com:cocos2d/cocos2d-x.git
+
+2. After cloning the repo, please execute `download-deps.py` to download and install dependencies.
 
          $ cd cocos2d-x
          $ python download-deps.py
 
-2. Please execute `download-deps.py` once you synchronize with this repo. If there aren't any updates, it will not download dependencies again.
+3. After running `download-deps.py`.
+         $ cd cocos2d-x
+         $ git submodule update --init
 
 How to start a new game
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