diff --git a/src/pages/developing/react-tutorial/step-1.mdx b/src/pages/developing/react-tutorial/step-1.mdx
index 6dc1cfc533d..9d3882fe8ec 100644
--- a/src/pages/developing/react-tutorial/step-1.mdx
+++ b/src/pages/developing/react-tutorial/step-1.mdx
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ re-compile. Once finished re-compiling the Carbon base styling is applied (IBM
 Plex Sans font family, font size, weight, colors, etc.)
 
 Re-compiling all of the Carbon Sass takes a while, even on fast systems. Let's
-speed this up by moving our custom app Sass into a separate file, `app.scss` in
-the 'src' directory, and import that from `App.js`.
+speed this up by moving our custom app Sass into a separate file. Create an empty file `app.scss` in
+the 'src' directory, and then import it in `App.js`.
 
 ```javascript path=src/App.js
 import './app.scss';