diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e40214d..c8a38a3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ cd mmrelaynode && git submodule update --init
 docker compose -f "docker-compose.yaml" up -d --build
 ```
 
-If modifying the scripts, with the containers stopped, use these commands to rebuild them:
+If modifying the scripts, with the containers stopped, use these commands to rebuild them *(note the first command will remove all stopped containers)*:
 
 ```
 docker system prune -af