diff --git a/docs/content/downloads.md b/docs/content/downloads.md
index 682937b44..f365dc9e5 100644
--- a/docs/content/downloads.md
+++ b/docs/content/downloads.md
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ You can also find a [mirror of the downloads on GitHub](https://github.com/rclon
 
 To install rclone on Linux/macOS/BSD systems, run:
 
-    curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash
+    sudo -v ; curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash
 
 For beta installation, run:
 
-    curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash -s beta
+    sudo -v ; curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash -s beta
 
 Note that this script checks the version of rclone installed first and
 won't re-download if not needed.