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@@ -267,9 +267,8 @@ Upgrading Firezone will disconnect all VPN connections and require shutting
 down the Web UI. We recommend a maintenance window of about an hour in case
 anything goes wrong during the upgrade.
 
-To upgrade Firezone, simply download the new OS package, install it just as you
-would for a regular install (`sudo dpkg -i firezone_X.X.X.deb` or
-`sudo rpm -i firezone_X.X.X.rpm`), and then restart Firezone services with
+To upgrade Firezone, simply download the new OS package, install it over the existing installation with `sudo dpkg -i firezone_X.X.X.deb` or
+`sudo rpm -i firezone_X.X.X.rpm`, and then restart Firezone services with
 `sudo firezone-ctl restart`.
 
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