diff --git a/docs/installation_guide/binary.md b/docs/installation_guide/binary.md
index 2738a5a85..269f0d01b 100644
--- a/docs/installation_guide/binary.md
+++ b/docs/installation_guide/binary.md
@@ -84,6 +84,15 @@ Run the following command to create a new account:
 
 In the above command, replace `some_username` with your desired username, `some_email@whatever.org` with the email address you want to associate with your account, and `SOME_PASSWORD` with a secure password.
 
+If you are running a version older than 0.6.0, you will need to manually confirm as well:
+
+```bash
+./gotosocial --config-path ./config.yaml admin account confirm --username some_username
+```
+
+Replace `some_username` with the username of the account you just created.
+
+
 If you want your user to have admin rights, you can promote them using a similar command:
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/docs/installation_guide/docker.md b/docs/installation_guide/docker.md
index c3d0a5bfe..e752ac750 100644
--- a/docs/installation_guide/docker.md
+++ b/docs/installation_guide/docker.md
@@ -171,6 +171,14 @@ First create a user (replace the username, email, and password with appropriate
 docker exec -it gotosocial /gotosocial/gotosocial admin account create --username some_username --email someone@example.org --password 'some_very_good_password'
 ```
 
+If you are running a version older than 0.6.0, you will need to manually confirm as well:
+
+```bash
+./gotosocial --config-path ./config.yaml admin account confirm --username some_username
+```
+
+Replace `some_username` with the username of the account you just created.
+
 Now promote the user you just created to admin privileges:
 
 ```bash