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authorMark Haines <mark.haines@matrix.org>2015-08-20 15:08:18 +0100
committerMark Haines <mark.haines@matrix.org>2015-08-20 15:08:18 +0100
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 Upgrading an existing Synapse
 =============================
 
-IMPORTANT: Before upgrading an existing synapse to a new version, please
-refer to UPGRADE.rst for any additional instructions.
-
-Otherwise, simply re-install the new codebase over the current one - e.g.
-by ``pip install --process-dependency-links
-https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tarball/master``
-if using pip, or by ``git pull`` if running off a git working copy.
+The instructions for upgrading synapse are in `UPGRADE.rst`_.
+Please check these instructions as upgrading may require extra steps for some
+versions of synapse.
 
+.. _UPGRADE.rst: UPGRADE.rst
 
 Setting up Federation
 =====================