diff --git a/infra/templates/README.md.jinja2 b/infra/templates/README.md.jinja2
index e5213ae9f1..47779d4eb7 100644
--- a/infra/templates/README.md.jinja2
+++ b/infra/templates/README.md.jinja2
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ pip install feast
 ### 2. Create a feature repository
 ```commandline
 feast init my_feature_repo
-cd my_feature_repo
+cd my_feature_repo/feature_repo
 ```
 
 ### 3. Register your feature definitions and set up your feature store
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/snowflake.py b/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/snowflake.py
index 330c2ffae5..83aebe7ef9 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/snowflake.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/snowflake.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import pyarrow
 from pydantic import Field, StrictStr
 from pydantic.typing import Literal
-from pyspark.sql import DataFrame, SparkSession
 from pytz import utc
 
 from feast import OnDemandFeatureView
@@ -64,6 +63,13 @@
 
     raise FeastExtrasDependencyImportError("snowflake", str(e))
 
+try:
+    from pyspark.sql import DataFrame, SparkSession
+except ImportError as e:
+    from feast.errors import FeastExtrasDependencyImportError
+
+    raise FeastExtrasDependencyImportError("spark", str(e))
+
 warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=DeprecationWarning)