diff --git a/doc/contributing/maintaining-openssl.md b/doc/contributing/maintaining-openssl.md
index 0e9c75ac1cd9c2..526bbc50354634 100644
--- a/doc/contributing/maintaining-openssl.md
+++ b/doc/contributing/maintaining-openssl.md
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ Use `make` to regenerate all platform dependent files in
 % make gen-openssl
 
 # On Linux machines
+% make -C deps/openssl/config clean
 % make -C deps/openssl/config
 ```