diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Do the following to empty the ES docker volume:
 docker-compose stop
 set -o pipefail DOCKER_VOLUME="$(docker volume inspect zammaddockercompose_elasticsearch-data | grep Mountpoint | sed -e 's#.*": "##g' -e 's#",##')/*"
 echo "${DOCKER_VOLUME}" #check this is a valid docker volume path! if not do not proceed or you might lose data!
+rm -r $(docker volume inspect zammaddockercompose_elasticsearch-data | grep Mountpoint | sed -e 's#.*": "##g' -e 's#",##')/*
 docker-compose start
 ```