diff --git a/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/instance.ex b/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/instance.ex
index fee2ab9d9..216dec296 100644
--- a/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/instance.ex
+++ b/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/instance.ex
@@ -207,8 +207,14 @@ def run(["gen" | rest]) do
       write_robots_txt(indexable, template_dir)
 
       shell_info(
-        "\n All files successfully written! Refer to the installation instructions for your platform for next steps"
+        "\n All files successfully written! Refer to the installation instructions for your platform for next steps."
       )
+
+      if db_configurable? do
+        shell_info(
+          " Please transfer your config to the database after running database migrations. Refer to \"Transfering the config to/from the database\" section of the docs for more information."
+        )
+      end
     else
       shell_error(
         "The task would have overwritten the following files:\n" <>