diff --git a/UPGRADE.rst b/UPGRADE.rst
index f2a042f0e9c62c2d481d4481d0aa06ad5ee16df9..499b59aa0ae8a9a34e32f1037d5680c682e2bb6b 100644
--- a/UPGRADE.rst
+++ b/UPGRADE.rst
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ This is required in order to support registration fallback (typically used on
 mobile devices).
 
 The format of stored application services has changed in Synapse. You will need
-to run ``python upgrade_appservice_db.py <database file path>`` to convert to 
-the new format.
+to run ``PYTHONPATH=. python scripts/upgrade_appservice_db.py <database file path>``
+to convert to the new format.
 
 Upgrading to v0.7.0
 ===================