From 7018576036cb4006b7e5fe03391bce8ccc37dbf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shamoon <4887959+shamoon@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:06:02 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify the "not running" statement

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 docs/administration.md | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/administration.md b/docs/administration.md
index 6ff09ab9b..354c380e3 100644
--- a/docs/administration.md
+++ b/docs/administration.md
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 Multiple options exist for making backups of your paperless instance,
 depending on how you installed paperless.
 
-Before making backups, make sure that paperless is not running.
+Before making a backup, it's probably best to make sure that paperless is not actively
+consuming documents at that time.
 
 Options available to any installation of paperless: