diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9a48709..cc42e9c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ Go bindings for [libgit2](http://libgit2.github.com/). These bindings are for to
 Installing
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-This project needs libgit2, which is written in C so we need to take an extra step. Run `go get github.com/libgit2/git2go` and go to your `$GOROOT/src/github.com/libgt2/git2go` dir. From there, we need to build the C code and put it into the resulting go binary.
+This project needs libgit2, which is written in C so we need to build that as well. In order to build libgit2, you need `cmake`, `pkg-config` and a C compiler. You will also need the development packages for OpenSSL and LibSSH2 if you want to use HTTPS and SSH respectively.
 
-    git submodule update --init
-	make install
+Run `go get github.com/libgit2/git2go` to download the code and go to your `$GOPATH/src/github.com/libgt2/git2go` dir. From there, we need to build the C code and put it into the resulting go binary.
 
-will compile libgit2, build it statically into git2go and install the resulting object file where your Go project can use it.
+    git submodule update --init # get libgit2
+    make install
+
+will compile libgit2 and run `go install` such that it's statically linked to the git2go package.
 
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