diff --git a/docs/maintenance.rst b/docs/maintenance.rst
index dfc3be9880d341d4113674831cb71d61ad6fc656..d2a0f6efd0a9df285588a726ddc1d5d920c4aa9e 100644
--- a/docs/maintenance.rst
+++ b/docs/maintenance.rst
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ the following commands:
    flux suspend kustomization $app
    flux suspend helmrelease -n stackspin-apps $app
    kubectl delete all -n stackspin-apps -l stackspin.net/backupSet=$app
+   kubectl delete pvc -n stackspin-apps -l stackspin.net/backupSet=$app
    velero restore create arbitrary-name-of-restore-operation --from-backup=$backup -l stackspin.net/backupSet=$app
    # At this point, please first wait for the restore operation to finish, see
    # text below.