From 8d992cbcab067356b0a2d32662d77eeb8878cbef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sammy Chang <20074034+schang1146@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 08:42:15 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [DOCS] Add note to restart Docker container (#1168)

---
 docs/source/guides/getting_started/automating_downloads.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/source/guides/getting_started/automating_downloads.rst b/docs/source/guides/getting_started/automating_downloads.rst
index e1e1441d..9608a7b1 100644
--- a/docs/source/guides/getting_started/automating_downloads.rst
+++ b/docs/source/guides/getting_started/automating_downloads.rst
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ Docker and Unraid
 
     This will run the script every 6 hours. To run every hour, change ``*/6`` to ``*/1``, or to run once a day, change the same value to the hour (in 24hr format) that you want it to run at. See the `cron tab manpage`_ for more options.
 
+    .. attention::
+      The Docker container needs to be restarted for changes to take effect. Run `crontab -e` after to verify settings are correct.
+
   .. tab-item:: Headless Image
 
     .. _LinuxServer's Universal Cron mod: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-mods/tree/universal-cron
@@ -117,6 +120,9 @@ Docker and Unraid
       echo "  0     */6     *       *       *       /config/run_cron" >> /config/crontabs/abc
     
     This will run the script every 6 hours. To run every hour, change ``*/6`` to ``*/1``, or to run once a day, change the same value to the hour (in 24hr format) that you want it to run at. See the `cron tab manpage`_ for more options.
+    
+    .. attention::
+      The Docker container needs to be restarted for changes to take effect. Run `crontab -e` after to verify settings are correct.
 
 .. _linux-setup: