diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d2e3c6a0d2..51dbd0c731 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ shellcheck-all-dockerized:
 	docker build -t shellcheck-all $(CURDIR)/utilities/shellcheck-all
 	docker run --rm -v "$(CURDIR):/scripts" shellcheck-all:latest
 
+.PHONY: init-githook
+init-githook:
+	git config core.hooksPath ./githooks/
 
 # This defines a macro that can be used to add pre-commit targets
 # to check staged files (check-<linter name>) or all files (check-<linter name>-all)
diff --git a/docs/how-to-start.md b/docs/how-to-start.md
index 8fe42dddc3..2bb19487d4 100644
--- a/docs/how-to-start.md
+++ b/docs/how-to-start.md
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ Even though development containers is a supported feature of `Docker for Desktop
 ### Setting up git hooks
 
 Git hooks are configured in the `.pre-commit-config.yaml` file using [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com)
-In order to use them install pre-commit, and run `git config core.hooksPath ./githooks/` from the collector root directory.
+In order to use them install pre-commit, and run `make init-githook` from the collector root directory.
 
 ## Run in Minikube
 ### Build the collector image