diff --git a/influxdb/README.md b/influxdb/README.md
index f422092c9..38020d754 100644
--- a/influxdb/README.md
+++ b/influxdb/README.md
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ $ docker exec influxdb2 influx setup \
       --username $USERNAME \
       --password $PASSWORD \
       --org $ORGANIZATION \
-      --bucket $BUCKET
+      --bucket $BUCKET \
+      --force
 ```
 
 Running setup from within the container will cause CLI configs to be written to `/etc/influxdb2/influx-configs`. You can then use the `influx` CLI from within the container to extract the generated admin token: