diff --git a/UPDATE.md b/UPDATE.md
index 8085bdd65..fe5dc92ca 100644
--- a/UPDATE.md
+++ b/UPDATE.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Merge from the server into deploy
 
 * cd ../mastodon-deploy
 * git pull  # grab any updates from the first step
-* git remote add localupstream ../mastodon-deploy  ## only if we started fresh otherwise it's still here
+* git remote add localupstream ../mastodon-upstream  ## only if we started fresh otherwise it's still here
 * git fetch localupstream
 * git merge localupstream/4XX                      ## branch name from previous step
 * git push
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ Now it's time to update the live server
 * ## DOUBLE CHECK THE RELEASE INSTRUCTIONS FOR SPECIAL STEPS
     * <https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases>
 * docker compose build
+    * it might be necessary to do `docker-compose build --pull --no-cache` if compose is being too aggressive with old images
 * docker compose up -d
+* don't forget to restart nginx!
+    * cd /srv/nginx
+    * docker compose up -d --force-recreate
 
 Once satisfied, do some cleanup