diff --git a/playbooks/manual/releng-emergency-expire-old-repo.yml b/playbooks/manual/releng-emergency-expire-old-repo.yml
index d0db28885a..94d247feb8 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/releng-emergency-expire-old-repo.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/releng-emergency-expire-old-repo.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 # mirror is the only one deemed respectable, and as such should be used very
 # sparingly!
 #
+# Before running this playbook, please make sure that:
+# 1. The new updates repo is mashed and pushed to the master mirrors
+# 2. The next UMDL run has occured to allow mirrormanager to pick up the new repo
+#
 # requires --extra-vars="product=Fedora version=23"
 #
 # Possible product: Fedora/EPEL/RHEL