diff --git a/wiki/pages/account-recovery.md b/wiki/pages/account-recovery.md
index 7113d7f..42d4abf 100644
--- a/wiki/pages/account-recovery.md
+++ b/wiki/pages/account-recovery.md
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ only thing besides sending the welcome email that we use your email address for.
 
 if you've forgotten your password, it's a similar process to ssh keys.
 
+> if you still know it, use the `passwd` command to change it.
+
 if you still have access to your shell, send a mail using `mutt` to sudoers@tilde.team
 to request a password reset.