The upgrade guide for the alternative upgrade method is missing context since separation of the upgrade guide into two pages. The original form of the page is still available for the 4.0 release

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA040/Upgrading+JIRA

Since some of the steps for this method are similar to the XML backup restore method we should ensure that they are mentioned for the alternative method too.

We have noticed that since this change some of the customers are missing important steps while upgrading their system. Therefore it is important that we review this pages before the 4.2 release will come alive.