diff --git a/doc/linux.rst b/doc/linux.rst
index 645448fe50ff75e6388126f2abcc949cbdef44bb..0fbcddd1a240574c46180cdfa4e5057da499c19f 100644
--- a/doc/linux.rst
+++ b/doc/linux.rst
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ https://backports.debian.org.  To install the newest git version, after an
 
 .. code-block:: sh
 
-   $ apt-get -t stretch-backports install "git"
+   $ apt-get -t stretch-backports install "git" "git-lfs"
 
 
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