diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index a3a9a58..410a651 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -30,3 +30,19 @@ Tools for working with earth system multi-model analyses with xarray. See
 documentation_ for more information.
 
 .. _documentation: https://esmlab.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+ESMLab can be installed from PyPI with pip:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    pip install esmlab
+
+
+It is also available from `conda-forge` for conda installations:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    conda install -c conda-forge esmlab
diff --git a/docs/source/install.rst b/docs/source/install.rst
index 863c01d..89bba3f 100644
--- a/docs/source/install.rst
+++ b/docs/source/install.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ To install esmlab from source, clone the repository from `github
 
     git clone https://github.com/NCAR/esmlab.git
     cd esmlab
-    pip install .
+    pip install -e .
 
 You can also install directly from git master branch::
 
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ You can also install directly from git master branch::
 Test
 ----
 
-Test esmlab with ``pytest``::
+To run esmlab's tests with ``pytest``::
 
     git clone https://github.com/NCAR/esmlab.git
     cd esmlab
-    pytest - v
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+    pytest - v