diff --git a/docs/docs/install/docker-compose.md b/docs/docs/install/docker-compose.md
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--- a/docs/docs/install/docker-compose.md
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@@ -137,6 +137,19 @@ From the directory you created in Step 1, (which should now contain your customi
 docker compose up -d
 ```
 
+:::tip
+If you get an error `unknown shorthand flag: 'd' in -d`, you are probably running the wrong Docker version. (This happens, for example, with the docker.io package in Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS.) You can correct the problem by `apt remove`ing Ubuntu's docker.io package and installing docker and docker-compose via [Docker's official repository](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/#install-using-the-repository).
+
+Note that the correct command really is `docker compose`, not `docker-compose`. If you try the latter on vanilla Ubuntu 22.04 it will fail in a different way:
+
+```
+The Compose file './docker-compose.yml' is invalid because:
+'name' does not match any of the regexes: '^x-'
+```
+
+See the previous paragraph about installing from the official docker repository.
+:::
+
 :::tip
 For more information on how to use the application, please refer to the [Post Installation](/docs/install/post-install.mdx) guide.
 :::