diff --git a/influxdb/content.md b/influxdb/content.md
index 83ebe353d489..58e1917eb41c 100644
--- a/influxdb/content.md
+++ b/influxdb/content.md
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ $ 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: