diff --git a/doc/update/4.2-to-5.0.md b/doc/update/4.2-to-5.0.md
index 053a50e..64b89ee 100644
--- a/doc/update/4.2-to-5.0.md
+++ b/doc/update/4.2-to-5.0.md
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production
 sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:shell:setup RAILS_ENV=production
 sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:shell:build_missing_projects RAILS_ENV=production
 
-sudo -u git -H mkdir /home/git/gitlab-satellites
+sudo -u git -H mkdir -p /home/git/gitlab-satellites
 sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:satellites:create RAILS_ENV=production
 
 # migrate wiki to git
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ sudo chown -R git /home/git/gitlab/log/
 sudo chown -R git /home/git/gitlab/tmp/
 sudo chmod -R u+rwX  /home/git/gitlab/log/
 sudo chmod -R u+rwX  /home/git/gitlab/tmp/
-sudo -u git -H mkdir /home/git/gitlab/tmp/pids/
+sudo -u git -H mkdir -p /home/git/gitlab/tmp/pids/
 sudo chmod -R u+rwX  /home/git/gitlab/tmp/pids
 
 ```
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