diff --git a/admin_manual/issues/applying_patch.rst b/admin_manual/issues/applying_patch.rst
index d0d0c61d1..1db86deab 100644
--- a/admin_manual/issues/applying_patch.rst
+++ b/admin_manual/issues/applying_patch.rst
@@ -8,14 +8,15 @@ Obtaining a patch
 If you found a related pull request on GitHub that solves your issue, or you want to help developers and verify a fix works, you can get a patch for the pull request.
 
 1. Using https://github.com/nextcloud/server/pull/26396 as an example.
-2. Append ``.patch`` to the URL: https://github.com/nextcloud/server/pull/26396.patch
-3. Download the patch to your server and follow the `Applying a patch`_ steps.
-4. If you are on an older Nextcloud version, you might first need to go to the correct backported patch for your version.
+2. Append ``.diff`` to the URL: https://github.com/nextcloud/server/pull/26396.diff
+3. Download the patch to your server e.g. via ``wget https://github.com/nextcloud/server/pull/26396.diff`` (this will place ``26396.diff`` in the local directory)
+4. Follow the `Applying a patch`_ steps.
+5. If you are on an older Nextcloud version, you might first need to go to the correct backported patch for your version.
 
 .. image:: images/getting-a-patch-from-github.png
    :alt: backportbot-nextcloud linking to the pull request for an older version.
 
-5. You can find the appropriate version by looking for a link posted by ``backportbot-nextcloud`` to the backport pull request for your release, or by checking for a developer comment with a manual backport link. Use the ``.patch`` URL of that backport PR.
+6. You can find the appropriate version by looking for a link posted by ``backportbot-nextcloud`` to the backport pull request for your release, or by checking for a developer comment with a manual backport link. Use the ``.diff`` URL of that backport PR.
 
 Applying a patch
 ----------------
@@ -24,20 +25,22 @@ Patching server
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 1. Navigate to your Nextcloud server's root directory (the one that contains the ``status.php`` file).
-2. Apply the patch with the following command::
+2. Download the patch to your server e.g. via ``wget https://github.com/nextcloud/server/pull/26396.diff`` (this will place ``26396.diff`` in the local directory)
+3. Apply the patch with the following command::
 
-    patch -p 1 < /path/to/the/file.patch
+    patch -p 1 < ./26396.diff
 
-3. Alternatively, if the patch command is not available, use::
+4. Alternatively, if the patch command is not available, use::
 
-    git apply --check /path/to/the/file.diff
-    git apply /path/to/the/file.diff
+    git apply --check ./26396.diff
+    git apply ./26396.diff
 
 Patching apps
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 1. Navigate to the root of the app (usually ``apps/[APPID]/``). If you cannot find the app there, use the ``sudo -E -u www-data php occ app:getpath APPID`` command to find the path.
-2. Apply the patch with the same command as in `Patching server`_.
+2. Download the patch to your server e.g. via ``wget https://github.com/nextcloud/<app>/pull/26396.diff`` (this will place ``26396.diff`` in the local directory)
+3. Apply the patch with the same command as in `Patching server`_.
 
 Reverting a patch
 -----------------
@@ -45,11 +48,11 @@ Reverting a patch
 1. Navigate to the directory where you applied the patch.
 2. Revert the patch with the ``-R`` option::
 
-    patch -R -p 1 < /path/to/the/file.patch
+    patch -R -p 1 < ./26396.diff
 
 3. Alternatively, if the patch command is not available, use::
 
-    git apply --reverse /path/to/the/file.diff
+    git apply --reverse ./26396.diff
 
 Notes and troubleshooting
 -------------------------