diff --git a/doc/EN/faq.org b/doc/EN/faq.org
index 104c1d92..c97824fe 100644
--- a/doc/EN/faq.org
+++ b/doc/EN/faq.org
@@ -326,6 +326,9 @@ tar -czvf /etc/ssl/freedombone-certs.tar.gz /etc/ssl/mycerts/*.crt
 To avoid any possibility of the certificates being accidentally overwritten by self-signed ones at a later date you can create backups.
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC bash
+mkdir /etc/ssl/backups
+mkdir /etc/ssl/backups/certs
+mkdir /etc/ssl/backups/private
 cp /etc/ssl/certs/$HOSTNAME* /etc/ssl/backups/certs/
 cp /etc/ssl/private/$HOSTNAME* /etc/ssl/backups/private/
 chmod -R 400 /etc/ssl/backups/certs/*