diff --git a/doc/source/contributor/releases.rst b/doc/source/contributor/releases.rst
index 9155c3690c586f2dad803ff961eb2a14a65376a7..d051d1db74bcc221f88aef6cb07cc29d453f9760 100644
--- a/doc/source/contributor/releases.rst
+++ b/doc/source/contributor/releases.rst
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ under ``etc/kayobe`` in ``kayobe``. This can be done via:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-   cp -aR kayobe/etc/kayobe/* kayobe-config/etc/kayobe
+   rsync -a --delete kayobe/etc/kayobe/ kayobe-config/etc/kayobe
 
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