diff --git a/docs/maintain.rst b/docs/maintain.rst
index ffb51a50..1c6e20ae 100644
--- a/docs/maintain.rst
+++ b/docs/maintain.rst
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ simply pull the latest images and recreate the containers :
 .. code-block:: bash
 
   docker-compose pull
+  docker-compose down
   docker-compose up -d
 
 Monitoring the mail server