diff --git a/doc/administration/high_availability/gitlab.md b/doc/administration/high_availability/gitlab.md
index f16ae835ced..2ca860bd763 100644
--- a/doc/administration/high_availability/gitlab.md
+++ b/doc/administration/high_availability/gitlab.md
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ need some extra configuration.
     gitlab_rails['db_key_base'] = 'bf2e47b68d6cafaef1d767e628b619365becf27571e10f196f98dc85e7771042b9203199d39aff91fcb6837c8ed83f2a912b278da50999bb11a2fbc0fba52964'
     ```
 
-1. Run `touch /etc/gitlab/skip-auto-migrations` to prevent database migrations
+1. Run `touch /etc/gitlab/skip-auto-reconfigure` to prevent database migrations
    from running on upgrade. Only the primary GitLab application server should
    handle migrations.
 
diff --git a/doc/administration/high_availability/redis.md b/doc/administration/high_availability/redis.md
index a9ba40c870c..833c1f367dd 100644
--- a/doc/administration/high_availability/redis.md
+++ b/doc/administration/high_availability/redis.md
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ The prerequisites for a HA Redis setup are the following:
 1. To prevent database migrations from running on upgrade, run:
 
     ```
-    sudo touch /etc/gitlab/skip-auto-migrations
+    sudo touch /etc/gitlab/skip-auto-reconfigure
     ```
 
     Only the primary GitLab application server should handle migrations.
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ multiple machines with the Sentinel daemon.
 1. To prevent database migrations from running on upgrade, run:
 
     ```
-    sudo touch /etc/gitlab/skip-auto-migrations
+    sudo touch /etc/gitlab/skip-auto-reconfigure
     ```
 
     Only the primary GitLab application server should handle migrations.
diff --git a/doc/development/db_dump.md b/doc/development/db_dump.md
index e4ff72aa349..97762a62a80 100644
--- a/doc/development/db_dump.md
+++ b/doc/development/db_dump.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ large database imports.
 ```
 # On STAGING
 echo "postgresql['checkpoint_segments'] = 64" | sudo tee -a /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
-sudo touch /etc/gitlab/skip-auto-migrations
+sudo touch /etc/gitlab/skip-auto-reconfigure
 sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure
 sudo gitlab-ctl stop unicorn
 sudo gitlab-ctl stop sidekiq