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@@ -55,3 +55,7 @@ Destroy the cluster and release associated resources with:
 ```sh
 openshift-install destroy cluster
 ```
+
+Note that you almost certainly also want to clean up the installer state files too, including `auth/`, `terraform.tfstate`, etc.
+The best thing to do is always pass the `--dir` argument to `install` and `destroy`.
+And if you want to reinstall from scratch, `rm -rf` the asset directory beforehand.