diff --git a/doc/Maintenance.rst b/doc/Maintenance.rst
index eb92ce4d9af31dae7fd6c38a9163174cc5f08a33..fdec93084746ac3c6ef8a7ed6d018fd3ac7714aa 100644
--- a/doc/Maintenance.rst
+++ b/doc/Maintenance.rst
@@ -13,3 +13,12 @@ of the SQL-Backend::
     utils/backup.py -d folder/where/the/backup/is/created
 
 You can do this while CaosDB is online.
+
+Restoring a Backup
+------------------
+CaosDB should be offline for restoring. 
+
+You can use the Bash script ``utils/make_db`` to restore a backup (SQL dump) 
+of the SQL-Backend::
+
+    make_db restore_db path/to/sql.dump