diff --git a/docs/mythica-deploy.md b/docs/mythica-deploy.md
index 8668941..299abc0 100644
--- a/docs/mythica-deploy.md
+++ b/docs/mythica-deploy.md
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Once. Redeploying the stack does not disturb it.
 
 ```bash
 sudo mkdir -p /opt/mythica-armory/data /opt/mythica-armory/logs
+sudo chown -R "$USER:$USER" /opt/mythica-armory    # else the downloads below fail
 cd /opt/mythica-armory/data
 
 BASE=https://gitlab.hallsworth.ca/yrtria/azerothcore-armory/releases/download/v1.0.0
@@ -56,6 +57,9 @@ rm -f data.tar.gz data.tar.gz.part-*
 Afterwards `/opt/mythica-armory/data` holds four directories — `meta`, `bone`,
 `mo3`, `textures` — totalling roughly 2.5 GB unpacked.
 
+Ownership by your own user is fine — the container reads these as root either
+way, and it keeps the download and extract steps out of `sudo`.
+
 The DBC `.csv` files are **not** part of this. They are committed to the repo and
 travel in the image, so they stay in step with the code.