diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/single-node-upgrade/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/single-node-upgrade/_index.md
index 35a3b5b00fa..5e18b63f9df 100644
--- a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/single-node-upgrade/_index.md
+++ b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/upgrades/single-node-upgrade/_index.md
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ docker create --volumes-from <RANCHER_CONTAINER_ID> \
 --name rancher-data rancher/rancher:<RANCHER_CONTAINER_TAG>
 	```
 
+1. Create a different `rancher-data-snapshot` container. This container also backs up the data from your current Rancher Server, but you are creating this container to serve as a restoration point in case something goes wrong with your server upgrade.
+
+	- Replace `<RANCHER_CONTAINER_ID>` with the same ID from the previous step.
+	- Replace `<RANCHER_CONTAINER_TAG>` with the version of Rancher that you are currently running, as mentioned in the  **Prerequisite** above.
+
+	```
+docker create --volumes-from <RANCHER_CONTAINER_ID> \
+--name rancher-data rancher/rancher:<RANCHER_CONTAINER_TAG>
+	```
+
 3. Pull the most recent image of Rancher.
 
 	```