diff --git a/docs/providers/aws/guide/services.md b/docs/providers/aws/guide/services.md
index 05031edbf..a7342f689 100644
--- a/docs/providers/aws/guide/services.md
+++ b/docs/providers/aws/guide/services.md
@@ -160,7 +160,13 @@ Create this file and add event data so you can invoke your function with the dat
 
 When you deploy a Service, all of the Functions, Events and Resources in your `serverless.yml` are translated to an AWS CloudFormation template and deployed as a single CloudFormation stack.
 
-To deploy a service, use the `deploy` command:
+To deploy a service, first `cd` into the relevant service directory:
+
+```bash
+cd my-service
+```
+
+Then use the `deploy` command:
 
 ```bash
 serverless deploy
diff --git a/docs/providers/azure/guide/services.md b/docs/providers/azure/guide/services.md
index e00dda5a0..1ab4bdbe6 100644
--- a/docs/providers/azure/guide/services.md
+++ b/docs/providers/azure/guide/services.md
@@ -115,7 +115,13 @@ When you deploy a Service, all of the Functions, and Events in your
 `serverless.yml` are translated into calls to the platform API to dynamically
 define those resources.
 
-To deploy a service, use the `deploy` command:
+To deploy a service, first `cd` into the relevant service directory:
+
+```bash
+cd my-service
+```
+
+Then use the `deploy` command:
 
 ```bash
 serverless deploy
diff --git a/docs/providers/google/guide/services.md b/docs/providers/google/guide/services.md
index ccfd1239a..44d32d894 100644
--- a/docs/providers/google/guide/services.md
+++ b/docs/providers/google/guide/services.md
@@ -100,7 +100,13 @@ The `index.js` file contains your exported functions.
 
 When you deploy a Service, all of the Functions, and Events in your `serverless.yml` are translated into calls to the Google Cloud API to dynamically define those resources.
 
-To deploy a service, use the `deploy` command:
+To deploy a service, first `cd` into the relevant service directory:
+
+```bash
+cd my-service
+```
+
+Then use the `deploy` command:
 
 ```bash
 serverless deploy
diff --git a/docs/providers/openwhisk/guide/services.md b/docs/providers/openwhisk/guide/services.md
index 563855927..ae8de4b02 100644
--- a/docs/providers/openwhisk/guide/services.md
+++ b/docs/providers/openwhisk/guide/services.md
@@ -107,7 +107,13 @@ Create this file and add event data so you can invoke your function with the dat
 
 When you deploy a Service, all of the Functions, Events and Resources in your `serverless.yml` are translated into calls to the platform API to dynamically define those resources.
 
-To deploy a service, use the `deploy` command:
+To deploy a service, first `cd` into the relevant service directory:
+
+```bash
+cd my-service
+```
+
+Then use the `deploy` command:
 
 ```bash
 serverless deploy