diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 754b9315a..b70c601fe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ cd postgres-operator
 minikube start
 
 # start the operator; may take a few seconds
-kubectl create -f manifests/configmap.yaml         # operator config
-kubectl create -f manifests/operator-rbac.yaml     # operator identity and permissions
-kubectl create -f manifests/postgres-operator.yaml # operator deployment
+kubectl create -f manifests/configmap.yaml  # configuration
+kubectl create -f manifests/operator-service-account-rbac.yaml  # identity and permissions
+kubectl create -f manifests/postgres-operator.yaml  # deployment
 
 # submit a Postgres cluster
 kubectl create -f manifests/minimal-postgres-manifest.yaml 
diff --git a/manifests/operator-rbac.yaml b/manifests/operator-service-account-rbac.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from manifests/operator-rbac.yaml
rename to manifests/operator-service-account-rbac.yaml
diff --git a/run_operator_locally.sh b/run_operator_locally.sh
index 4fcbe46e2..8e020c76d 100755
--- a/run_operator_locally.sh
+++ b/run_operator_locally.sh
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ function start_operator(){
 
     # the order of resource initialization is significant
     local file
-    for file  in "configmap.yaml" "operator-rbac.yaml"
+    for file  in "configmap.yaml" "operator-service-account-rbac.yaml"
     do
         retry "kubectl  create -f manifests/\"$file\"" "attempt to create $file resource"
     done