diff --git a/admin_manual/configuration_server/occ_command.rst b/admin_manual/configuration_server/occ_command.rst
index e3adcba41..ed228ff60 100644
--- a/admin_manual/configuration_server/occ_command.rst
+++ b/admin_manual/configuration_server/occ_command.rst
@@ -685,6 +685,8 @@ Apply correct permissions to your ownCloud directories; see
 :ref:`strong_perms_label`. Then choose your ``occ`` options. This lists your 
 available options::
 
+To be able to run the installation command, you have to ``cd`` into the root folder of ownCloud. Using path-to-owncloud won't work.
+
  $ sudo -u www-data php /var/www/owncloud/occ
  ownCloud is not installed - only a limited number of commands are available
  ownCloud version 8.2.0