---
title: instructions
framework: mapkitjs
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: mapkitjs/routestep/instructions
---

# instructions

The written instructions for following the path that the step represents.

## Declaration

```data
instructions: string;
```

## Discussion

Discussion MapKit JS localizes the instructions according to the Directions object’s language setting.

## See Also

### Route step details

- [distance](mapkitjs/routestep/distance.md)
- [transportType](mapkitjs/routestep/transporttype.md)