diff --git a/radicle-cli/examples/rad-node.md b/radicle-cli/examples/rad-node.md
index 6f9824c4..a57265c3 100644
--- a/radicle-cli/examples/rad-node.md
+++ b/radicle-cli/examples/rad-node.md
@@ -2,22 +2,20 @@ The radicle node is our daemon friend that is running as a background
 process. It allows us to interact with the network as well as storing
 some key data that we may be interested in.
 
-<details>
-<summary>🚧 `rad node start` is under construction 🚧</summary>
 If the node is not running we can start it by using the `rad node
 start` command:
 
-<!-- ``` -->
-<!-- $ rad node start -->
-<!-- ``` -->
-</details>
+```
+$ rad node start
+✓ Node is already running.
+```
 
 We can confirm the status of the node at any time by using the `rad
 node status` command (or just `rad node` for short):
 
 ```
 $ rad node status
-✓ Node is running
+✓ Node is running.
 ```
 
 The node also allows us to connect with other nodes in the
@@ -79,13 +77,17 @@ $ rad node routing
 ╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
 ```
 
-<details>
-<summary>🚧 `rad node stop` is under construction 🚧</summary>
 Finally, if we want to stop the daemon process from running we can
 issue the `rad node stop` command:
 
-<!-- ``` -->
-<!-- $ rad node stop -->
-<!-- Stopping the node... -->
-<!-- ``` -->
-</details>
+```
+$ rad node stop
+✓ Stopping node...
+```
+
+Running the command again gives us an error:
+
+```
+$ rad node stop
+✗ Stopping node... error: node is not running
+```
diff --git a/radicle-cli/src/commands/node/control.rs b/radicle-cli/src/commands/node/control.rs
index f65f9f33..7b513a3f 100644
--- a/radicle-cli/src/commands/node/control.rs
+++ b/radicle-cli/src/commands/node/control.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pub fn start(
     profile: &Profile,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     if node.is_running() {
-        term::success!("Node is already running");
+        term::success!("Node is already running.");
         return Ok(());
     }
     let envs = if profile.keystore.is_encrypted()? {
@@ -142,9 +142,13 @@ pub fn connect(node: &mut Node, nid: NodeId, addr: Address) -> anyhow::Result<()
 
 pub fn status(node: &Node, profile: &Profile) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     if node.is_running() {
-        term::success!("Node is {}", term::format::positive("running"));
+        term::success!("Node is {}.", term::format::positive("running"));
     } else {
-        term::info!("Node is {}", term::format::negative("stopped"));
+        term::info!("Node is {}.", term::format::negative("stopped"));
+        term::info!(
+            "To start it, run {}.",
+            term::format::command("rad node start")
+        );
         return Ok(());
     }