diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9340036b..77c64aa5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,19 +40,20 @@ sudo podman run \
     --security-opt label=type:unconfined_t \
     -v $(pwd)/config.json:/config.json \
     -v $(pwd)/output:/output \
+    -v /var/lib/containers/storage:/var/lib/containers/storage \
     quay.io/centos-bootc/bootc-image-builder:latest \
     --type qcow2 \
     --config /config.json \
     quay.io/centos-bootc/fedora-bootc:eln
 ```
 
-### Using local containers
+NOTE: local storage is being used by default. If the `--local` flag is not provided, as in the above example,
+the latest image will be pulled into the local storage.
 
-To use containers from local container's storage rather than a registry, we need to ensure two things:
-- the container exists in local storage
-- mount the local container storage
+### Using local containers
 
-Since the container is run in `rootful` only root container storage paths are allowed.
+To skip pulling an image into local storage and use an existing container image, the `--local` flag can be used,
+as below:
 
 ```bash
 sudo podman run \
@@ -63,7 +64,6 @@ sudo podman run \
     --security-opt label=type:unconfined_t \
     -v $(pwd)/config.json:/config.json \
     -v $(pwd)/output:/output \
-    -v /var/lib/containers/storage:/var/lib/containers/storage \
     quay.io/centos-bootc/bootc-image-builder:latest \
     --type qcow2 \
     --config /config.json \
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ sudo podman run \
     localhost/bootc:eln
 ```
 
-When using the --local flag, we need to mount the storage path as a volume. With this enabled, it is assumed that the target container is in the container storage.
-
 ### Running the resulting QCOW2 file on Linux (x86_64)
 
 A virtual machine can be launched using `qemu-system-x86_64` or with `virt-install` as shown below.