From 42e6f70732764b4ebfbda9a1ca37cbc6f6bef916 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Bannister <tim@scalefactory.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 16:54:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Suggest scaling deployment to 3 before rollout of update

---
 .../concepts/cluster-administration/manage-deployment.md  | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/content/en/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/manage-deployment.md b/content/en/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/manage-deployment.md
index f4d511fc99..1f93b54d45 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/manage-deployment.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/manage-deployment.md
@@ -433,6 +433,14 @@ kubectl create deployment my-nginx --image=nginx:1.14.2
 deployment.apps/my-nginx created
 ```
 
+with 3 replicas (so the old and new revisions can coexist):
+```shell
+kubectl scale deployment my-nginx --current-replicas=1 --replicas=3
+```
+```
+deployment.apps/my-nginx scaled
+```
+
 To update to version 1.16.1, simply change `.spec.template.spec.containers[0].image` from `nginx:1.14.2` to `nginx:1.16.1`, with the kubectl commands we learned above.
 
 ```shell