diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b20af17..28c3ede 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ First create a btrfs subvolume on the backup server:
 In your daily cron script, prior to running btrbk, sync your source to
 `myhost_sync`, something like:
 
-    rsync -a --delete -e ssh myhost.mydomain.com://data/ /mnt/btr_backup/myhost_sync/
+    rsync -a --inplace --delete -e ssh myhost.mydomain.com:/data/ /mnt/btr_backup/myhost_sync/
 
 Then run btrbk, with myhost_sync configured *without any targets* as
 follows:
diff --git a/contrib/cron/btrbk-mail b/contrib/cron/btrbk-mail
index 60c940d..52f4852 100755
--- a/contrib/cron/btrbk-mail
+++ b/contrib/cron/btrbk-mail
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ rsync_src[example_data]=user@example.com:/data/
 rsync_dst[example_data]=/mnt/backup/example.com/data/
 rsync_log[example_data]=/mnt/backup/example.com/data-${now}.log
 rsync_key[example_data]=/mnt/backup/ssh_keys/id_rsa
-rsync_opt[example_data]="-az --delete"
+rsync_opt[example_data]="-az --inplace --delete"
 
 # Enabled rsync declarations (space separated list)
 #rsync_enable="example_data"