diff --git a/Installation/MacOSX/Homebrew/arangodb.rb b/Installation/MacOSX/Homebrew/arangodb.rb
index 512f451b2a..e2fa4d3243 100644
--- a/Installation/MacOSX/Homebrew/arangodb.rb
+++ b/Installation/MacOSX/Homebrew/arangodb.rb
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ class Arangodb < Formula
     To start the ArangoDB server manually, run:
         /usr/local/sbin/arangod
 
+    To upgrade the ArangoDB database files, run:
+        /usr/local/sbin/arangod --upgrade
+
     To start the ArangoDB shell, run:
         arangosh
     EOS