diff --git a/doc/update/6.x-or-7.x-to-7.4.md b/doc/update/6.x-or-7.x-to-7.4.md
index e923060223b7bd5172d3f2d079034ccd21fc8e93..c332e5fe2679dad76d33827056d77730c5e72589 100644
--- a/doc/update/6.x-or-7.x-to-7.4.md
+++ b/doc/update/6.x-or-7.x-to-7.4.md
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ possible to edit the label text and color. The characters `?`, `&` and `,` are
 no longer allowed however so those will be removed from your tags during the
 database migrations for GitLab 7.2.
 
-## 0. Backup
+## 0. Stop server
+
+    sudo service gitlab stop
+
+## 1. Backup
 
 It's useful to make a backup just in case things go south:
 (With MySQL, this may require granting "LOCK TABLES" privileges to the GitLab user on the database version)
@@ -23,10 +27,6 @@ cd /home/git/gitlab
 sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:backup:create RAILS_ENV=production
 ```
 
-## 1. Stop server
-
-    sudo service gitlab stop
-
 ## 2. Update Ruby
 
 If you are still using Ruby 1.9.3 or below, you will need to update Ruby.