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@@ -268,8 +268,7 @@ 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 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`.
+`sudo rpm -i firezone_X.X.X.rpm` and then run `sudo firezone-ctl reconfigure`.
 
 Occasionally problems arise. If you hit any, please let us know by [filing an
 issue](https://github.com/firezone/firezone/issues/new/choose).