diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/docs/content/security/SecurityWithRanger.md b/hadoop-hdds/docs/content/security/SecurityWithRanger.md
index ee86a115930b..9428f93ec06f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/docs/content/security/SecurityWithRanger.md
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/docs/content/security/SecurityWithRanger.md
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ Property|Value
 ozone.acl.enabled         | true
 ozone.acl.authorizer.class| org.apache.ranger.authorization.ozone.authorizer.RangerOzoneAuthorizer
 
+To use the RangerOzoneAuthorizer, you also need to add the following environment variables to ozone-env.sh:
+```
+export OZONE_CLASSPATH="${OZONE_HOME}/share/ozone/lib/libext/*"
+```
+* The location of the ranger-ozone-plugin jars depends on where the Ranger Plugin is installed.
+* If the ranger-ozone-plugin jars is installed on another node, copy it to the Ozone installation directory.
+
 The Ranger permissions corresponding to the Ozone operations are as follows:
 
 | operation&permission | Volume  permission | Bucket permission | Key permission |
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/docs/content/security/SecurityWithRanger.zh.md b/hadoop-hdds/docs/content/security/SecurityWithRanger.zh.md
index e7ff33e9268f..9fd0d033ecf6 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/docs/content/security/SecurityWithRanger.zh.md
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/docs/content/security/SecurityWithRanger.zh.md
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ Apache Ranger™ 是一个用于管理和监控 Hadoop 平台复杂数据权限
 ozone.acl.enabled         | true
 ozone.acl.authorizer.class| org.apache.ranger.authorization.ozone.authorizer.RangerOzoneAuthorizer
 
+为了使用 RangerOzoneAuthorizer，还需要在 ozone-env.sh 中增加下面环境变量：
+```
+export OZONE_CLASSPATH="${OZONE_HOME}/share/ozone/lib/libext/*"
+```
+* ranger-ozone-plugin jars 具体路径取决于 Ranger Ozone plugin 安装配置。
+* 如果 ranger-ozone-plugin jars 安装在其他节点，需要拷贝到 Ozone 安装目录。
+
 Ozone各类操作对应Ranger权限如下：
 
 | operation&permission | Volume  permission | Bucket permission | Key permission |
@@ -51,4 +58,4 @@ Ozone各类操作对应Ranger权限如下：
 | Delete bucket | READ | DELETE | |
 | List key | READ | LIST, READ | |
 | Write key | READ | READ | CREATE, WRITE |
-| Read key | READ | READ | READ |
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+| Read key | READ | READ | READ |