diff --git a/docs/migrating.rst b/docs/migrating.rst
index 45646f058..d4ef40857 100644
--- a/docs/migrating.rst
+++ b/docs/migrating.rst
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ rolled in as part of the update:
 
     $ cd /path/to/project
     $ git pull
+    $ pip install -r requirements.txt
     $ cd src
     $ ./manage.py migrate