diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian
index 1093592e1c..c63bfd710c 100644
--- a/debian/README.Debian
+++ b/debian/README.Debian
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Migrating from non-Debian gitlab
 Resetting admin password without web interface
 ==============================================
 The steps involve dropping into rails console as gitlab user for production environment and then resetting the admin password via the user object.
-    $ runuser -u gitlab -- sh -c 'cd /usr/share/gitlab && . /etc/gitlab/gitlab-debian.conf && export DB RAILS_ENV && bundle exec rails console production'
+    $ gitlab-rails-console
     irb(main):001:0> user = User.where(admin: true).first
     irb(main):002:0> user.password = 'secret_pass'
     irb(main):003:0> user.password_confirmation = 'secret_pass'
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ The steps involve dropping into rails console as gitlab user for production envi
 Granting an existing user admin access
 ======================================
 The steps involve dropping into rails console as gitlab user for production environment and running the following commands.
-    $ runuser -u gitlab -- sh -c 'cd /usr/share/gitlab && . /etc/gitlab/gitlab-debian.conf && export DB RAILS_ENV && bundle exec rails console production'
+    $ gitlab-rails-console
     irb(main):001:0> user = User.find_by(email: 'useraddress@domain')
     irb(main):003:0> user.admin=true
     irb(main):004:0> user.save