diff --git a/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md b/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md
index 1d29f6d4e43ed9e3ca0804244dea555b9182d06e..5b58362562f0e05905f263875595c574cd1ecba0 100644
--- a/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md
+++ b/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md
@@ -591,9 +591,10 @@ This procedure assumes that:
 
 First make sure your backup tar file is in the backup directory described in the
 `gitlab.rb` configuration `gitlab_rails['backup_path']`. The default is
-`/var/opt/gitlab/backups`.
+`/var/opt/gitlab/backups`. It needs to be owned by the `git` user.
 
 ```shell
+chown git.git 11493107454_2018_04_25_10.6.4-ce_gitlab_backup.tar
 sudo cp 11493107454_2018_04_25_10.6.4-ce_gitlab_backup.tar /var/opt/gitlab/backups/
 ```