diff --git a/docs/source/setup_linux.rst b/docs/source/setup_linux.rst
index 55daeb70..229d3079 100644
--- a/docs/source/setup_linux.rst
+++ b/docs/source/setup_linux.rst
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ can install them with:
 Step 2: Install Package (Optional)
 ----------------------------------
 
-You can install novelWriter to the default location for Python packages using setuptools. This step
-is optional as you can also just put the novelWriter program folder wherever you like. For instance
-to ``/opt/novelWriter`` and run Step 3 to set up icons and launcher.
+You can install novelWriter to the default location for Python packages using ``setuptools``. This
+step is optional as you can also just put the novelWriter program folder wherever you like. For
+instance to ``/opt/novelWriter`` and run Step 3 to set up icons and launcher.
 
-To install novelWriter to the default location, it requires that you have setuptools installed on
-your system. If you don't have setuptools, it can usually be installed from your distro's
+To install novelWriter to the default location, it requires that you have ``setuptools`` installed
+on your system. If you don't have it installed, it can usually be installed from your distro's
 repository. For Debian and Ubuntu this is achieved with:
 
 .. code-block:: console
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ The package is also available from PyPi:
 
    pip3 install --user setuptools
 
-With setuptools in place, novelWriter can be installed to the user space with:
+With ``setuptools`` in place, novelWriter can be installed to the user space with:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
diff --git a/docs/source/setup_mac.rst b/docs/source/setup_mac.rst
index 5b738865..6bc439d9 100644
--- a/docs/source/setup_mac.rst
+++ b/docs/source/setup_mac.rst
@@ -52,12 +52,19 @@ You can install novelWriter to the correct location for Python packages with:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-   ./setup.py install
+   ./setup.py install --user
 
-This is equivalent to what the ``pip`` installer does. It puts novelWriter in the location on your
-system where Python packages are usually kept. This is not really the best suited location for a
-GUI application like novelWriter, so you may instead copy the entire source to a suiteable location
-yourself.
+This requires that the package ``setuptools`` is installed on your system. If not, it can be
+installed with:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   pip3 install --user setuptools
+
+This is method of install is equivalent to what the ``pip`` installer does. It puts novelWriter in
+the location on your system where Python packages are usually kept. This is not really the best
+suited location for a GUI application like novelWriter, so you may instead copy the entire source
+to a suiteable location yourself.
 
 After this, you should be able to launch novelWriter by running ``novelWriter`` in a command line
 window.