diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 65defdd65e..09298a3cb5 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 - Fix API example.
 - Fix document check in via the API. GitLab issue #688.
   Thanks to inam ul haq (@inam.sys) for the report.
+- Improve supervisord upgrade instructions. Forum topic 880.
 
 3.2.10 (2019-11-19)
 ===================
diff --git a/docs/releases/3.2.1.rst b/docs/releases/3.2.1.rst
index fc3057dab5..a41a8306e5 100644
--- a/docs/releases/3.2.1.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/3.2.1.rst
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ variables values show here with your respective settings. This step will refresh
 the supervisord configuration file with the new queues and the latest
 recommended layout::
 
-    MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
+    sudo sh -c "MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
     MAYAN_DATABASE_PASSWORD=mayanuserpass MAYAN_DATABASE_USER=mayan \
     MAYAN_DATABASE_HOST=127.0.0.1 MAYAN_MEDIA_ROOT=/opt/mayan-edms/media \
-    /opt/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py platformtemplate supervisord > /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf
+    /opt/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py platformtemplate supervisord > /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf"
 
 Edit the supervisord configuration file and update any setting the template
 generator missed::
diff --git a/docs/releases/3.2.10.rst b/docs/releases/3.2.10.rst
index 13f1f13092..9e55239232 100644
--- a/docs/releases/3.2.10.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/3.2.10.rst
@@ -133,10 +133,10 @@ variables values show here with your respective settings. This step will refresh
 the supervisord configuration file with the new queues and the latest
 recommended layout::
 
-    sudo MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
+    sudo sh -c "MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
     MAYAN_DATABASE_PASSWORD=mayanuserpass MAYAN_DATABASE_USER=mayan \
     MAYAN_DATABASE_HOST=127.0.0.1 MAYAN_MEDIA_ROOT=|MAYAN_MEDIA_ROOT| \
-    |MAYAN_BIN| platformtemplate supervisord > |MAYAN_SUPERVISOR_CONF|
+    |MAYAN_BIN| platformtemplate supervisord > |MAYAN_SUPERVISOR_CONF|"
 
 Edit the supervisord configuration file and update any setting the template
 generator missed::
diff --git a/docs/releases/3.2.2.rst b/docs/releases/3.2.2.rst
index 150b413f5b..ba00cb3444 100644
--- a/docs/releases/3.2.2.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/3.2.2.rst
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ variables values show here with your respective settings. This step will refresh
 the supervisord configuration file with the new queues and the latest
 recommended layout::
 
-    MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
+    sudo sh -c "MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
     MAYAN_DATABASE_PASSWORD=mayanuserpass MAYAN_DATABASE_USER=mayan \
     MAYAN_DATABASE_HOST=127.0.0.1 MAYAN_MEDIA_ROOT=/opt/mayan-edms/media \
-    /opt/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py platformtemplate supervisord > /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf
+    /opt/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py platformtemplate supervisord > /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf"
 
 Edit the supervisord configuration file and update any setting the template
 generator missed::
diff --git a/docs/releases/3.2.3.rst b/docs/releases/3.2.3.rst
index 4abfc380fc..ede1e5a800 100644
--- a/docs/releases/3.2.3.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/3.2.3.rst
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ variables values show here with your respective settings. This step will refresh
 the supervisord configuration file with the new queues and the latest
 recommended layout::
 
-    MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
+    sudo sh -c "MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
     MAYAN_DATABASE_PASSWORD=mayanuserpass MAYAN_DATABASE_USER=mayan \
     MAYAN_DATABASE_HOST=127.0.0.1 MAYAN_MEDIA_ROOT=/opt/mayan-edms/media \
-    /opt/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py platformtemplate supervisord > /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf
+    /opt/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py platformtemplate supervisord > /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf"
 
 Edit the supervisord configuration file and update any setting the template
 generator missed::
diff --git a/docs/releases/3.2.4.rst b/docs/releases/3.2.4.rst
index 1dd4e3f4bb..5bb1bb255a 100644
--- a/docs/releases/3.2.4.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/3.2.4.rst
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ variables values show here with your respective settings. This step will refresh
 the supervisord configuration file with the new queues and the latest
 recommended layout::
 
-    sudo MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
+    sudo sh -c "MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
     MAYAN_DATABASE_PASSWORD=mayanuserpass MAYAN_DATABASE_USER=mayan \
     MAYAN_DATABASE_HOST=127.0.0.1 MAYAN_MEDIA_ROOT=/opt/mayan-edms/media \
-    /opt/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py platformtemplate supervisord > /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf
+    /opt/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py platformtemplate supervisord > /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf"
 
 Edit the supervisord configuration file and update any setting the template
 generator missed::
diff --git a/docs/releases/3.2.5.rst b/docs/releases/3.2.5.rst
index d0d0065f98..77f37336fc 100644
--- a/docs/releases/3.2.5.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/3.2.5.rst
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ variables values show here with your respective settings. This step will refresh
 the supervisord configuration file with the new queues and the latest
 recommended layout::
 
-    sudo MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
+    sudo sh -c "MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
     MAYAN_DATABASE_PASSWORD=mayanuserpass MAYAN_DATABASE_USER=mayan \
     MAYAN_DATABASE_HOST=127.0.0.1 MAYAN_MEDIA_ROOT=/opt/mayan-edms/media \
-    /opt/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py platformtemplate supervisord > /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf
+    /opt/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py platformtemplate supervisord > /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf"
 
 Edit the supervisord configuration file and update any setting the template
 generator missed::
diff --git a/docs/releases/3.2.6.rst b/docs/releases/3.2.6.rst
index 0e897a24c9..4c8be02e4c 100644
--- a/docs/releases/3.2.6.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/3.2.6.rst
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ variables values show here with your respective settings. This step will refresh
 the supervisord configuration file with the new queues and the latest
 recommended layout::
 
-    sudo MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
+    sudo sh -c "MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
     MAYAN_DATABASE_PASSWORD=mayanuserpass MAYAN_DATABASE_USER=mayan \
     MAYAN_DATABASE_HOST=127.0.0.1 MAYAN_MEDIA_ROOT=/opt/mayan-edms/media \
-    /opt/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py platformtemplate supervisord > /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf
+    /opt/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py platformtemplate supervisord > /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf"
 
 Edit the supervisord configuration file and update any setting the template
 generator missed::
diff --git a/docs/releases/3.2.7.rst b/docs/releases/3.2.7.rst
index 2054f37b80..62efbc4ae2 100644
--- a/docs/releases/3.2.7.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/3.2.7.rst
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ variables values show here with your respective settings. This step will refresh
 the supervisord configuration file with the new queues and the latest
 recommended layout::
 
-    sudo MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
+    sudo sh -c "MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
     MAYAN_DATABASE_PASSWORD=mayanuserpass MAYAN_DATABASE_USER=mayan \
     MAYAN_DATABASE_HOST=127.0.0.1 MAYAN_MEDIA_ROOT=/opt/mayan-edms/media \
-    /opt/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py platformtemplate supervisord > /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf
+    /opt/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py platformtemplate supervisord > /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf"
 
 Edit the supervisord configuration file and update any setting the template
 generator missed::
diff --git a/docs/releases/3.2.8.rst b/docs/releases/3.2.8.rst
index ce6c37db6e..f7b5fd27a6 100644
--- a/docs/releases/3.2.8.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/3.2.8.rst
@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@ variables values show here with your respective settings. This step will refresh
 the supervisord configuration file with the new queues and the latest
 recommended layout::
 
-    sudo MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
+    sudo sh -c "MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
     MAYAN_DATABASE_PASSWORD=mayanuserpass MAYAN_DATABASE_USER=mayan \
     MAYAN_DATABASE_HOST=127.0.0.1 MAYAN_MEDIA_ROOT=/opt/mayan-edms/media \
-    /opt/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py platformtemplate supervisord > /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf
+    /opt/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py platformtemplate supervisord > /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf"
 
 Edit the supervisord configuration file and update any setting the template
 generator missed::
diff --git a/docs/releases/3.2.9.rst b/docs/releases/3.2.9.rst
index 1b2b945676..a4b5e477bb 100644
--- a/docs/releases/3.2.9.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/3.2.9.rst
@@ -182,10 +182,10 @@ variables values show here with your respective settings. This step will refresh
 the supervisord configuration file with the new queues and the latest
 recommended layout::
 
-    sudo MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
+    sudo sh -c "MAYAN_DATABASE_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql MAYAN_DATABASE_NAME=mayan \
     MAYAN_DATABASE_PASSWORD=mayanuserpass MAYAN_DATABASE_USER=mayan \
     MAYAN_DATABASE_HOST=127.0.0.1 MAYAN_MEDIA_ROOT=/opt/mayan-edms/media \
-    /opt/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py platformtemplate supervisord > /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf
+    /opt/mayan-edms/bin/mayan-edms.py platformtemplate supervisord > /etc/supervisor/conf.d/mayan.conf"
 
 Edit the supervisord configuration file and update any setting the template
 generator missed::