diff --git a/docs/source/guides/install-guides/yum/update_xcat.rst b/docs/source/guides/install-guides/yum/update_xcat.rst
index fc01d99ad..fbbbe4762 100644
--- a/docs/source/guides/install-guides/yum/update_xcat.rst
+++ b/docs/source/guides/install-guides/yum/update_xcat.rst
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ If at a later date you want to update xCAT, first, update the software repositor
     yum clean metadata # or, yum clean all
     yum update '*xCAT*'
 
-
-
+    # To check and update the packages provided by xcat-dep:
+    yum update '*xcat*'
diff --git a/docs/source/guides/install-guides/zypper/update_xcat.rst b/docs/source/guides/install-guides/zypper/update_xcat.rst
index c18bb5b3c..3da2a2bb2 100644
--- a/docs/source/guides/install-guides/zypper/update_xcat.rst
+++ b/docs/source/guides/install-guides/zypper/update_xcat.rst
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ If at a later date you want to update xCAT, first, update the software repositor
     zypper refresh
     zypper update "*xCAT*"
 
-
+    # To check and update the packages provided by xcat-dep:
+    zypper update "*xcat*"