diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 621cf439e81c40395a3b8c87302f6faf5b0d0a96..6c61e773045f357f3d667c101be10ccec2d81cb0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ To deploy the cluster you can use :
 
     # Update Ansible inventory file with inventory builder
     declare -a IPS=(10.10.1.3 10.10.1.4 10.10.1.5)
-    CONFIG_FILE=inventory/mycluster/hosts.ini python3 contrib/inventory_builder/inventory.py ${IPS[@]}
+    CONFIG_FILE=inventory/mycluster/hosts.yml python3 contrib/inventory_builder/inventory.py ${IPS[@]}
 
     # Review and change parameters under ``inventory/mycluster/group_vars``
     cat inventory/mycluster/group_vars/all/all.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ To deploy the cluster you can use :
     # The option `-b` is required, as for example writing SSL keys in /etc/,
     # installing packages and interacting with various systemd daemons.
     # Without -b the playbook will fail to run!
-    ansible-playbook -i inventory/mycluster/hosts.ini --become --become-user=root cluster.yml
+    ansible-playbook -i inventory/mycluster/hosts.yml --become --become-user=root cluster.yml
 
 Note: When Ansible is already installed via system packages on the control machine, other python packages installed via `sudo pip install -r requirements.txt` will go to a different directory tree (e.g. `/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages` on Ubuntu) from Ansible's (e.g. `/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ansible` still on Ubuntu).
 As a consequence, `ansible-playbook` command will fail with:
diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
index 634d8fe623ceac5b1c529213f454759d87a4c23a..710b700021d6763a9757041bb48be9c95548ba2f 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Building your own inventory
 
 Ansible inventory can be stored in 3 formats: YAML, JSON, or INI-like. There is
 an example inventory located
-[here](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray/blob/master/inventory/sample/hosts.ini).
+[here](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray/blob/master/inventory/sample/inventory.ini).
 
 You can use an
 [inventory generator](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray/blob/master/contrib/inventory_builder/inventory.py)
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ Example inventory generator usage:
 
     cp -r inventory/sample inventory/mycluster
     declare -a IPS=(10.10.1.3 10.10.1.4 10.10.1.5)
-    CONFIG_FILE=inventory/mycluster/hosts.ini python3 contrib/inventory_builder/inventory.py ${IPS[@]}
+    CONFIG_FILE=inventory/mycluster/hosts.yml python3 contrib/inventory_builder/inventory.py ${IPS[@]}
+
+Then use `inventory/mycluster/hosts.yml` as inventory file.
 
 Starting custom deployment
 --------------------------
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ and start the deployment:
 
 **IMPORTANT**: Edit my\_inventory/groups\_vars/\*.yaml to override data vars:
 
-    ansible-playbook -i inventory/mycluster/hosts.ini cluster.yml -b -v \
+    ansible-playbook -i inventory/mycluster/hosts.yml cluster.yml -b -v \
       --private-key=~/.ssh/private_key
 
 See more details in the [ansible guide](ansible.md).
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ You may want to add worker, master or etcd nodes to your existing cluster. This
 -   Add the new worker node to your inventory in the appropriate group (or utilize a [dynamic inventory](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro_dynamic_inventory.html)).
 -   Run the ansible-playbook command, substituting `cluster.yml` for `scale.yml`:
 
-        ansible-playbook -i inventory/mycluster/hosts.ini scale.yml -b -v \
+        ansible-playbook -i inventory/mycluster/hosts.yml scale.yml -b -v \
           --private-key=~/.ssh/private_key
 
 Remove nodes
@@ -53,12 +55,12 @@ You may want to remove **worker** nodes to your existing cluster. This can be do
 
 Add worker nodes to the list under kube-node if you want to delete them (or utilize a [dynamic inventory](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro_dynamic_inventory.html)).
 
-    ansible-playbook -i inventory/mycluster/hosts.ini remove-node.yml -b -v \
+    ansible-playbook -i inventory/mycluster/hosts.yml remove-node.yml -b -v \
         --private-key=~/.ssh/private_key
 
 Use `--extra-vars "node=<nodename>,<nodename2>"` to select the node you want to delete.
 ```
-ansible-playbook -i inventory/mycluster/hosts.ini remove-node.yml -b -v \
+ansible-playbook -i inventory/mycluster/hosts.yml remove-node.yml -b -v \
   --private-key=~/.ssh/private_key \
   --extra-vars "node=nodename,nodename2"
 ```