@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ To recover from such scenarios, etcd provides functionality to backup and restor
#### Backing up the datastore
+**NB:** Windows users must stop etcd before running the backup command.
+
The first step of the recovery is to backup the data directory on a functioning etcd node. To do this, use the `etcdctl backup` command, passing in the original data directory used by etcd. For example: