diff --git a/scripts/install/update_phabricator.sh b/scripts/install/update_phabricator.sh
index e537b0be0c..c89dac967b 100755
--- a/scripts/install/update_phabricator.sh
+++ b/scripts/install/update_phabricator.sh
@@ -5,21 +5,16 @@ set -x
 
 # This is an example script for updating Phabricator, similar to the one used to
 # update <https://secure.phabricator.com/>. It might not work perfectly on your
-# system, but hopefully it should be easy to adapt.
+# system, but hopefully it should be easy to adapt. This script is not intended
+# to work without modifications.
 
 # NOTE: This script assumes you are running it from a directory which contains
-# arcanist/, libphutil/, phabricator/, and possibly diviner/.
+# arcanist/, libphutil/, and phabricator/.
 
 ROOT=`pwd` # You can hard-code the path here instead.
 
 ### UPDATE WORKING COPIES ######################################################
 
-if [ -e $ROOT/diviner ]
-then
-  cd $ROOT/diviner
-  git pull
-fi
-
 cd $ROOT/libphutil
 git pull
 
@@ -30,45 +25,22 @@ cd $ROOT/phabricator
 git pull
 
 
-### RUN TESTS ##################################################################
-
-# This is an acceptance test that makes sure all symbols can be loaded to
-# avoid issues like missing methods in descendants of abstract base classes.
-cd $ROOT/phabricator
-../arcanist/bin/arc unit src/infrastructure/__tests__/
-
-
-### CYCLE APACHE AND DAEMONS ###################################################
+### CYCLE WEB SERVER AND DAEMONS ###############################################
 
 # Stop daemons.
 $ROOT/phabricator/bin/phd stop
 
-# Stop Apache. Depening on what system you're running, you may need to use
-# 'apachectl' or something else to cycle apache.
+# Stop the webserver (apache, nginx, lighttpd, etc). This command will differ
+# depending on which system and webserver you are running: replace it with an
+# appropriate command for your system.
 sudo /etc/init.d/httpd stop
 
-# Upgrade the database schema.
-$ROOT/phabricator/bin/storage upgrade --force
+# Upgrade the database schema. You may want to add the "--force" flag to allow
+# this script to run noninteractively.
+$ROOT/phabricator/bin/storage upgrade
 
-# Restart apache.
+# Restart the webserver. As above, this depends on your system and webserver.
 sudo /etc/init.d/httpd start
 
-# Restart daemons. Customize this to start whatever daemons you're running on
-# your system.
-
+# Restart daemons.
 $ROOT/phabricator/bin/phd start
-# $ROOT/phabricator/bin/phd launch ircbot /config/bot.json
-
-
-### GENERATE DOCUMENTATION #####################################################
-
-# This generates documentation if you have diviner/ checked out. You generally
-# don't need to do this unless you're contributing to Phabricator and want to
-# preview some of the amazing documentation you've just written.
-if [ -e $ROOT/diviner ]
-then
-  cd $ROOT/diviner && $ROOT/diviner/bin/diviner .
-  cd $ROOT/libphutil && $ROOT/diviner/bin/diviner .
-  cd $ROOT/arcanist && $ROOT/diviner/bin/diviner .
-  cd $ROOT/phabricator && $ROOT/diviner/bin/diviner .
-fi