diff --git a/docs/QUICKSTART.md b/docs/QUICKSTART.md
index 1651cad92d..5dc92761f6 100644
--- a/docs/QUICKSTART.md
+++ b/docs/QUICKSTART.md
@@ -6,17 +6,38 @@ This is a work in progress and subject to change.
 The CLI requires a few dependencies and C extensions that can be installed with
 `pip install securesystemslib[crypto,pynacl]`.
 
+----
 The following is a basic workflow in four steps:
 
-**Step (1)** - Initialize an empty repo
+**Step (1)** - Initialize a repo.  The `tufrepo`, `tufkeystore`, and
+`tufclient` directories are created in the current working directory.
 ```Bash
 $ repo.py --init
 ```
 
-**Step (2)** - Add a target file to the repo
+**Step (2)** - Add a target file to the repo.  The file size and hashes of
+the target file are also written to the Targets metadata file.
 ```Bash
 $ echo 'Test file' > testfile
 $ repo.py --add testfile
+$ tree tufrepo/
+tufrepo/
+├── metadata
+│   ├── 1.root.json
+│   ├── root.json
+│   ├── snapshot.json
+│   ├── targets.json
+│   └── timestamp.json
+├── metadata.staged
+│   ├── 1.root.json
+│   ├── root.json
+│   ├── snapshot.json
+│   ├── targets.json
+│   └── timestamp.json
+└── targets
+    └── testfile
+
+    3 directories, 11 files
 ```
 
 **Step (3)** - Serve the repo
@@ -28,12 +49,33 @@ or with Python 3...
 $ python3 -m http.server 8001
 ```
 
-**Step (4)** - Fetch a target file from the repo
+**Step (4)** - Fetch a target file from the repo.  The client downloads
+any required metadata and the requested target file.
 ```Bash
 $ cd "tufclient/"
 $ client.py --repo http://localhost:8001 testfile
-```
+$ tree
+.
+├── tufrepo
+│   └── metadata
+│       ├── current
+│       │   ├── 1.root.json
+│       │   ├── root.json
+│       │   ├── snapshot.json
+│       │   ├── targets.json
+│       │   └── timestamp.json
+│       └── previous
+│           ├── 1.root.json
+│           ├── root.json
+│           ├── snapshot.json
+│           ├── targets.json
+│           └── timestamp.json
+└── tuftargets
+    └── testfile
 
+    5 directories, 11 files
+```
+----
 
 See [CLI.md](CLI.md) and [CLI_EXAMPLES.md](CLI_EXAMPLES.md) to learn about the
 other supported CLI options.  A [tutorial](TUTORIAL.md) is also available, and
diff --git a/tuf/scripts/repo.py b/tuf/scripts/repo.py
index 4ade3cce5d..def1ab9e5d 100755
--- a/tuf/scripts/repo.py
+++ b/tuf/scripts/repo.py
@@ -890,8 +890,9 @@ def parse_arguments():
       description='Create or modify a TUF repository.')
 
   parser.add_argument('-i', '--init', action='store_true',
-      help='Create a repository.  The repository is created in the current'
-      ' working directory unless --path is specified.')
+      help='Create a repository.  The "tufrepo", "tufkeystore", and'
+      ' "tufclient" directories are created in the current working'
+      ' directory, unless --path is specified.')
 
   parser.add_argument('-p', '--path', nargs='?', default='.',
       metavar='</path/to/repo_dir>', help='Specify a repository path.  If used'