diff --git a/vignettes/how-to-update-released-site.Rmd b/vignettes/how-to-update-released-site.Rmd
index aeced32a7..82ccf2cd2 100644
--- a/vignettes/how-to-update-released-site.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/how-to-update-released-site.Rmd
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ files <- c(
 glue::glue("git checkout main -- {files}")
 ```
 
+Then run the git code generated above to actually backport the changes.
 If you backport `DESCRIPTION`, you'll also need undo the change to the `Version`:
 
 ```{r}