diff --git a/doc/raketasks/import.md b/doc/raketasks/import.md
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--- a/doc/raketasks/import.md
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@@ -19,19 +19,26 @@ your repositories are located by looking at `config/gitlab.yml` under the `gitla
 New folder needs to have git user ownership and read/write/execute access for git user and its group:
 
 ```
-$ mkdir new_group
-$ chown git:git new_group
-$ chmod 770 new_group
+sudo -u git mkdir /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories/new_group
 ```
 
+If you are using an installation from source, replace `/var/opt/gitlab/git-data`
+with `/home/git`.
+
 ### Copy your bare repositories inside this newly created folder:
 
 ```
-$ cp -r /old/git/foo.git/ /home/git/repositories/new_group/
+sudo cp -r /old/git/foo.git /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories/new_group/
+
+# Do this once when you are done copying git repositories
+sudo chown -R git:git /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories/new_group/
 ```
 
 `foo.git` needs to be owned by the git user and git users group.
 
+If you are using an installation from source, replace `/var/opt/gitlab/git-data`
+with `/home/git`.
+
 ### Run the command below depending on your type of installation:
 
 #### Omnibus Installation