diff --git a/airflow-core/docs/installation/upgrading_to_airflow3.rst b/airflow-core/docs/installation/upgrading_to_airflow3.rst
index d44f46bbcc5a8..abba464c937bc 100644
--- a/airflow-core/docs/installation/upgrading_to_airflow3.rst
+++ b/airflow-core/docs/installation/upgrading_to_airflow3.rst
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Apache Airflow 3 is a major release and contains :ref:`breaking changes<breaking
 Step 1: Take care of prerequisites
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-- Make sure that you are on Airflow 2.7 or later.
+- Make sure that you are on Airflow 2.7 or later. It is recommended to upgrade to latest 2.x and then to Airflow 3.
 - Make sure that your Python version is in the supported list. Airflow 3.0.0 supports the following Python versions: Python 3.9, 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12.
 - Ensure that you are not using any features or functionality that have been :ref:`removed in Airflow 3<breaking-changes>`.