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@@ -46,7 +46,13 @@ Or check out some examples:
 
 ## Django
 
-Create a migration to enable the extension
+Create an empty migration file
+
+```python
+python manage.py makemigrations <your-app-name> --name enable_pgvector --empty
+```
+
+Add a migration in that file to enable the extension
 
 ```python
 from pgvector.django import VectorExtension
@@ -57,7 +63,14 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
     ]
 ```
 
-Add a vector field to your model
+Migrate
+
+```sh
+python3 manage.py makemigrations
+python3 manage.py migrate
+```
+
+Add a vector field in the models.py
 
 ```python
 from pgvector.django import VectorField
@@ -68,6 +81,13 @@ class Item(models.Model):
 
 Also supports `HalfVectorField`, `BitField`, and `SparseVectorField`
 
+Migrate
+
+```sh
+python3 manage.py makemigrations
+python3 manage.py migrate
+```
+
 Insert a vector
 
 ```python