diff --git a/doc/update/6.6-to-6.7.md b/doc/update/6.6-to-6.7.md
index 0f39c037c9fabc1ca00aa12382d3d802d0eeff35..61a63057d0856c5f447a74a4a1f507f502e10ae0 100644
--- a/doc/update/6.6-to-6.7.md
+++ b/doc/update/6.6-to-6.7.md
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ sudo cp lib/support/init.d/gitlab /etc/init.d/gitlab
 # Update the logrotate configuration (keep logs for 90 days instead of 52 weeks)
 sudo cp lib/support/logrotate/gitlab /etc/logrotate.d/gitlab
 
+# Compress existing .log.1 files because we turned off delaycompress in logrotate
+sudo -u git -H gzip /home/git/gitlab/log/*.log.1
+sudo -u git -H gzip /home/git/gitlab-shell/gitlab-shell.log.1
+
 # Close access to gitlab-satellites for others
 sudo chmod u+rwx,g+rx,o-rwx /home/git/gitlab-satellites
 ```
diff --git a/doc/update/6.7-to-6.8.md b/doc/update/6.7-to-6.8.md
index 457433c6482c002fa4923893133327290b3f7bea..cb19d235819b395827527cafeea28a3e7fdb453f 100644
--- a/doc/update/6.7-to-6.8.md
+++ b/doc/update/6.7-to-6.8.md
@@ -64,9 +64,6 @@ sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake assets:clean assets:precompile cache:clear RAILS
 sudo cp lib/support/init.d/gitlab /etc/init.d/gitlab
 sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/gitlab
 
-# Update the logrotate configuration (keep logs for 90 days instead of 52 weeks)
-sudo cp lib/support/logrotate/gitlab /etc/logrotate.d/gitlab
-
 # Close access to gitlab-satellites for others
 sudo chmod u+rwx,g+rx,o-rwx /home/git/gitlab-satellites
 ```