diff --git a/doc/migrate_ci_to_ce/README.md b/doc/migrate_ci_to_ce/README.md
index 2725bf343ee..56bf7a14182 100644
--- a/doc/migrate_ci_to_ce/README.md
+++ b/doc/migrate_ci_to_ce/README.md
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ sudo gitlab-ctl stop ci-sidekiq
 # Source
 sudo service gitlab_ci stop
 cd /home/gitlab_ci/gitlab-ci
-sudo -u gitlab_ci -H bundle exec whenever --clear-crontab
+sudo -u gitlab_ci -H bundle exec whenever --clear-crontab RAILS_ENV=production
 ```
 
 ### II. Moving data