diff --git a/docs/maintenance/update-the-devilbox.rst b/docs/maintenance/update-the-devilbox.rst
index 19b318d5..cc2d089f 100644
--- a/docs/maintenance/update-the-devilbox.rst
+++ b/docs/maintenance/update-the-devilbox.rst
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ If you want to checkout a specific release tag (such as ``0.12.1``), do a ``git
 
    # Checkout release
    host> cd path/to/devilbox
+   # Ensure you have latest from remote
+   host> git pull
    host> git checkout 0.12.1