diff --git a/docs/registering-users.md b/docs/registering-users.md
index 9822979d..50dd92a9 100644
--- a/docs/registering-users.md
+++ b/docs/registering-users.md
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ Run this to create a new user account on your Matrix server.
 
 You can do it via this Ansible playbook (make sure to edit the `<your-username>` and `<your-password>` part below):
 
-	ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --extra-vars='username=<your-username> password=<your-password> admin=<yes|no>' --tags=register-user
+```
+ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --extra-vars='username=<your-username> password=<your-password> admin=<yes|no>' --tags=register-user
+```
 
 **or** using the command-line after **SSH**-ing to your server (requires that [all services have been started](#starting-the-services)):
 
-	/usr/local/bin/matrix-synapse-register-user <your-username> <your-password> <admin access: 0 or 1>
+```
+/usr/local/bin/matrix-synapse-register-user <your-username> <your-password> <admin access: 0 or 1>
+```
 
 **Note**: `<your-username>` is just a plain username (like `john`), not your full `@<username>:<your-domain>` identifier.
 
@@ -25,5 +29,6 @@ The script `/usr/local/bin/matrix-make-user-admin` may be used to upgrade a user
 * log on to your server with ssh
 * execute with the username:
 
-    /usr/local/bin/matrix-make-user-admin <username>
-
+```
+/usr/local/bin/matrix-make-user-admin <username>
+```
diff --git a/docs/updating-users-passwords.md b/docs/updating-users-passwords.md
index 72b1f278..af8d38dc 100644
--- a/docs/updating-users-passwords.md
+++ b/docs/updating-users-passwords.md
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 # Updating users passwords
 
-If you are using the matrix-postgres container(default), you can do it via this Ansible playbook (make sure to edit the `<your-username>` and `<your-password>` part below):
+## Option 1
+
+Use the Synapse User Admin API as described here: https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/blob/master/docs/admin_api/user_admin_api.rst#reset-password
+
+This requires an access token from a server admin account. If you didn't make your account a server admin when you created it, you can use the `/usr/local/bin/matrix-make-user-admin` script as described in [registering-users.md](registering-users.md).
+
+## Option 2 (if you are using the default matrix-postgres container):
+
+You can reset a user's password via the Ansible playbook (make sure to edit the `<your-username>` and `<your-password>` part below):
 
 	ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --extra-vars='username=<your-username> password=<your-password>' --tags=update-user-password
 
@@ -8,7 +16,9 @@ If you are using the matrix-postgres container(default), you can do it via this
 
 **You can then log in with that user** via the riot-web service that this playbook has created for you at a URL like this: `https://riot.<domain>/`.
 
-If you are NOT using the matrix-postgres container, you can generate the password hash by using the command-line after **SSH**-ing to your server (requires that [all services have been started](#starting-the-services)):
+## Option 3 (if you are using an external Postgres server):
+
+You can manually generate the password hash by using the command-line after **SSH**-ing to your server (requires that [all services have been started](installing.md#starting-the-services)):
 
 	docker exec -it matrix-synapse /usr/local/bin/hash_password -c /data/homeserver.yaml