diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5f8ce7a..9ee9a8b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -422,8 +422,11 @@ secret) are gitignored and survive pulls; static pages are bind-mounted from the
     cd ~/claudevs/vanguard-stream && git push
     scp bin/dumpd.py debian@HOST:~/vanguard-stream/bin/
     scp systemd/deploy-pending.service systemd/deploy-pending.timer debian@HOST:~/vanguard-stream/systemd/
-    scp configure.py deploy.sh switchToClone.sh check.sh install.sh README.md STATUS.md CommunityDiscordMedia.md debian@HOST:~/vanguard-stream/
-    ssh -t debian@HOST 'cd ~/vanguard-stream && sudo apt-get install -y -q git nodejs npm rsync python3-yaml >/dev/null && sudo install -m 0755 bin/dumpd.py /usr/local/bin/ && ./configure.py --apply >/dev/null && sudo systemctl restart dumpd && sudo vanguard-deploy status'
+    scp docker-compose.yml configure.py deploy.sh switchToClone.sh check.sh install.sh README.md STATUS.md CommunityDiscordMedia.md debian@HOST:~/vanguard-stream/
+    ssh -t debian@HOST 'cd ~/vanguard-stream && sudo apt-get install -y -q git nodejs npm rsync python3-yaml >/dev/null && sudo install -m 0755 bin/dumpd.py /usr/local/bin/ && ./configure.py --apply && sudo systemctl restart dumpd && sudo vanguard-deploy status'
+
+The apply prints the post-start fixups (Syncthing, Gitea admin user, Jellyfin plugin) and ends with a status
+block: `DEPLOY_AUTO=0`, no pending restart, and "not a git checkout" until the next step.
 
 Then switch the server folder to a clone (two steps):