diff --git a/admin_manual/maintenance/backup.rst b/admin_manual/maintenance/backup.rst
index 0eadc8a42..ce0a82127 100644
--- a/admin_manual/maintenance/backup.rst
+++ b/admin_manual/maintenance/backup.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ MySQL
 
 MySQL is the recommended database engine. To backup MySQL:
 
-    mysqldump --lock-tables -h [server] -u [username] > owncloud-sqlbkp_`date +"%Y%m%d"`.bak
+    mysqldump --lock-tables -h [server] -u [username] -p [password] > owncloud-sqlbkp_`date +"%Y%m%d"`.bak
 
 SQLite
 ^^^^^
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ SQLite
 PostgreSQL
 ^^^^^
 
-    pg_dump owncloud -h [server] -U [username] -f owncloud-sqlbkp_`date +"%Y%m%d"`.bak
+    PGPASSWORD="password" pg_dump owncloud -h [server] -U [username] -f owncloud-sqlbkp_`date +"%Y%m%d"`.bak
diff --git a/admin_manual/maintenance/restore.rst b/admin_manual/maintenance/restore.rst
index 9885c51b0..2a6acd36e 100644
--- a/admin_manual/maintenance/restore.rst
+++ b/admin_manual/maintenance/restore.rst
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ MySQL
 
 MySQL is the recommended database engine. To backup MySQL:
 
-    mysql -h [server] -u [username] < owncloud-sqlbkp.bak
+    mysql -h [server] -u [username] -p [password] < owncloud-sqlbkp.bak
 
 SQLite
 ^^^^^
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ SQLite
 PostgreSQL
 ^^^^^
 
-    pg_restore -c -d owncloud -h [server] -U [username] owncloud-sqlbkp.bak
+    PGPASSWORD="password" pg_restore -c -d owncloud -h [server] -U [username] owncloud-sqlbkp.bak