diff --git a/benchmarking-tests/test1/README.md b/benchmarking-tests/test1/README.md
index 1b186a94..4cc96d8a 100644
--- a/benchmarking-tests/test1/README.md
+++ b/benchmarking-tests/test1/README.md
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ Measure how many blocks per second are created on the _bigchain_ with a pre fill
 
 ```bash
 fab prepare_test
+fab update_statsd_conf:<hostname of the statsd server>
 fab prepare_backlog:<num txs per node> # wait for process to finish
 fab start_bigchaindb
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