diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/tools/licenses/README.md b/engine/src/flutter/tools/licenses/README.md
index 7982d3e6e53..bba26d3d88b 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/tools/licenses/README.md
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/tools/licenses/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-To update the golden license files, run the following in this directory:
+To update the golden license files, make sure you've rebased your branch to the latest upstream master and then run the following in this directory:
 
 ```
 pub get