diff --git a/docs/ca-signed-workflow.md b/docs/ca-signed-workflow.md
index df1ee80e..de9f8074 100644
--- a/docs/ca-signed-workflow.md
+++ b/docs/ca-signed-workflow.md
@@ -55,19 +55,37 @@
    az keyvault certificate create -n $certName --vault-name $keyVault -p @leafCert.json
 
    # get the CSR
-   CSR=$(az keyvault certificate pending show --vault-name $keyVault --name $certName --query 'csr' -o tsv)
-   CSR_PATH=${certName}.csr
-   printf -- "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----\n%s\n-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----\n" $CSR > ${CSR_PATH}
+   csr=$(az keyvault certificate pending show --vault-name $keyVault --name $certName --query 'csr' -o tsv)
+   csrPath=${certName}.csr
+   printf -- "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----\n%s\n-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----\n" $csr > ${csrPath}
    ```
-5. Please take `${certName}.csr` file to a trusted CA to sign and issue your certificate, or you can use `openssl` tool to sign it locally for testing.
-6. After you get the leaf certificate, you can merge the leaf certificate (`$leafCert`) to your Azure Key Vault:
+5. Please take `${certName}.csr` file to a trusted CA to sign and issue your certificate, or you can use `openssl` tool to sign it locally for testing. Here is an example by using `openssl`:
+   Create a private key and certificate for a root CA with `openssl`:
    ```sh
-   az keyvault certificate pending merge --vault-name $keyVault --name $certName --file $leafCert
+   openssl req -x509 -sha256 -nodes -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout ca.key -out ca.crt -days 365 -subj "/CN=Test CA" -addext "keyUsage=critical,keyCertSign"
+   ```
+   Create a configuration file. It will be used for `openssl` to sign the leaf certificate:
+   ```sh
+   cat <<EOF > ./ext.cnf
+   [ v3_ca ]
+   keyUsage = critical,digitalSignature
+   extendedKeyUsage = codeSigning
+   EOF
+   ```
+   Sign the certificate:
+   ```sh
+   signedCertPath=${certName}.crt
+   openssl x509 -CA ca.crt -CAkey ca.key -days 365 -req -in ${csrPath} -set_serial 02 -out ${signedCertPath} -extensions v3_ca -extfile ./ext.cnf
+   ```
+
+6. After you get the leaf certificate, you can merge the signed leaf certificate (`$signedCertPath`) or certificate chain to your Azure Key Vault:
+   ```sh
+   az keyvault certificate pending merge --vault-name $keyVault --name $certName --file $signedCertPath
 
    # get the key identifier
    keyID=$(az keyvault certificate show -n $certName --vault-name $keyVault --query 'kid' -o tsv)
    ```
-7. [Create an Azure Container Registry](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/container-registry/container-registry-get-started-portal?tabs=azure-cli). The remaining steps use the example login server `<registry-name>.azurecr.io`, but you must substitute your own login server value. 
+7. [Create an Azure Container Registry](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/container-registry/container-registry-get-started-portal?tabs=azure-cli). The remaining steps use the example login server `<registry-name>.azurecr.io`, but you must substitute your own login server value.
 8. Log in to container registry and push an image for signing:
    ```sh
    registryName="<registry-name>"
@@ -81,14 +99,15 @@
    docker tag hello-world:latest $server/hello-world:v1
    docker push $server/hello-world:v1
    ```
-9. Sign the image with an external certificate bundle (`$certBundlePath`) including the intermediate certificates and a root certificate in PEM format. You may fetch the certificate bundle from your CA official website.
+9. Sign the image with an external certificate bundle (`$certBundlePath`) including the intermediate certificates and a root certificate in PEM format. You may fetch the certificate bundle from your CA official site.
+   > **Note** If you have generated the certificate with `openssl` according to the above steps, the certificate bundle is the root certificate `ca.crt`.
    ```sh
    notation key add --plugin azure-kv --id $keyID akv-key --default
    notation sign $server/hello-world:v1 --plugin-config=ca_certs=$certBundlePath
    ```
 
    The following example output shows the artifact is successfully signed.
-   ```
+   ```sh
    Warning: Always sign the artifact using digest(@sha256:...) rather than a tag(:v1) because tags are mutable and a tag reference can point to a different artifact than the one signed.
    Successfully signed notation.azurecr.io/hello-world@sha256:f54a58bc1aac5ea1a25d796ae155dc228b3f0e11d046ae276b39c4bf2f13d8c4
    ```
@@ -123,11 +142,11 @@
    chmod 600 $notationConfigDir/trustpolicy.json
    ```
 11. Verify the signature associated with the image:
-   ```
+   ```sh
    notation verify $server/hello-world:v1
    ```
    The following output shows the artifact is successfully verified.
-   ```
+   ```sh
    Warning: Always verify the artifact using digest(@sha256:...) rather than a tag(:v1) because resolved digest may not point to the same signed artifact, as tags are mutable.
    Successfully verified signature for notation.azurecr.io/hello-world@sha256:f54a58bc1aac5ea1a25d796ae155dc228b3f0e11d046ae276b39c4bf2f13d8c4
    ```
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