diff --git a/docs/drivers.md b/docs/drivers.md
index d50692a9fc41..3e568912eae8 100644
--- a/docs/drivers.md
+++ b/docs/drivers.md
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ To install the KVM2 driver, first install and configure the prereqs:
 * Ubuntu 16.x or older: `sudo apt install libvirt-bin libvirt-daemon-system qemu-kvm`
 * Fedora/CentOS/RHEL: `sudo yum install libvirt-daemon-kvm qemu-kvm`
 
+Enable,start, and verify the libvirtd service has started. 
+```shell
+sudo systemctl enable libvirtd.service
+sudo systemctl start libvirtd.service
+sudo systemctl status libvirtd.service
+```
+
+
 Then you will need to add yourself to libvirt group (older distributions may use libvirtd instead)
 
 `sudo usermod -a -G libvirt $(whoami)`
@@ -37,6 +45,7 @@ curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/docker-machine-
   && sudo install docker-machine-driver-kvm2 /usr/local/bin/
 ```
 
+
 NOTE: Ubuntu users on a release older than 18.04, or anyone experiencing [#3206: Error creating new host: dial tcp: missing address.](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/3206) you will need to build your own driver until [#3689](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/3689) is resolved. Building this binary will require [Go v1.11](https://golang.org/dl/) or newer to be installed. 
 
 ```
@@ -55,6 +64,18 @@ To use the kvm2 driver:
 minikube start --vm-driver kvm2
 ```
 
+or, to use kvm2 as a default driver:
+
+```shell
+minikube config set vm-driver kvm2
+```
+
+and run minikube as usual:
+
+```shell
+minikube start
+```
+
 #### Hyperkit driver
 
 The Hyperkit driver will eventually replace the existing xhyve driver.