diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f406a0e..988f69e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ Assuming that the current working directory is PyQSO's base directory (the direc
 
     python3 bin/pyqso
 
-If the `pip3` package manager is available on your system then PyQSO can be installed using:
+If the `pip3` package manager is available on your system then PyQSO can be installed system-wide using:
 
-    make install
+    sudo make install
 
-Note that `sudo` may also be needed here for system-wide installation. Once installed, the following command will run PyQSO:
+Once installed, the following command will run PyQSO:
 
     pyqso
 
diff --git a/docs/source/getting_started.rst b/docs/source/getting_started.rst
index ba20b11..3ff528e 100644
--- a/docs/source/getting_started.rst
+++ b/docs/source/getting_started.rst
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ Assuming that the current working directory is PyQSO's base directory (the direc
 
    python3 bin/pyqso
 
-If the ``pip3`` package manager is available on your system then PyQSO can be installed using:
+If the ``pip3`` package manager is available on your system then PyQSO can be installed system-wide using:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-   make install
+   sudo make install
 
-Note that ``sudo`` may also be needed here for system-wide installation. Once installed, the following command will run PyQSO:
+Once installed, the following command will run PyQSO:
 
 .. code-block:: bash