diff --git a/docs/admin/system-admin.rst b/docs/admin/system-admin.rst
index d6e41585..2baaf01b 100644
--- a/docs/admin/system-admin.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/system-admin.rst
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ The following are the most common system administration tasks.
     system_admin/enable-debug
     system_admin/admin-tricks
     system_admin/cleanup-cmds
+    system_admin/apply-license-ishell
diff --git a/docs/admin/system_admin/apply-license-ishell.rst b/docs/admin/system_admin/apply-license-ishell.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4c684c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/admin/system_admin/apply-license-ishell.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+.. _apply-license-ishell:
+
+Apply license from ishell
+=========================
+
+From the server RhodeCode Enterprise is running run ishell on the instance which we want to apply the license to:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+   :dedent: 1
+
+    # starts the ishell interactive prompt
+    $ ./rcstack cli ishell
+
+This will open an ishell interactive console. Inside the console execute the following:
+
+```
+In [1]: from rc_license.models import apply_license
+In [2]: license = """
+   ...: PASTE LICENSE HERE
+   ...: """
+In [3]: apply_license(license)
+Out[3]: True
+In [4]: Session().commit()
+exit
+```
+
+The paste license should look similar to the below
+
+```
+In [2]: license = """
+    ...: eyJ2YWxpZF90aWxsIjogMTUwNTQ5NTUwMS40MzE4MzMsICJsYXN0X25hbWUiOiAic2QiLCAidmVyIjog
+    ...: MiwgInVzZXJzIjogMjUsICJjb21wYW55IjogImQiLCAic2lnbmF0dXJlIjogIkZQYTdhcWlBeUFDejFW
+    ...: YkthNlMyVUkzc09zN0k5eFpyb1BTTTRUdVUvZHlQK2lUTUdaeEgybTJvbFJ0MU1CbWVEQlVKR1ZhUUVW
+    ...: RHNNR1hvWDR3RExQUGszS0ZDckoxQU1NWWhGa0ZwUEFmTDViUTMrQ2Z2d1VkMzR4ZDM3OERZbzdaRHJs
+    ...: """
+```