diff --git a/docs/install-manual-detailed.md b/docs/install-manual-detailed.md
index 3524da068845fd132b83338337bbcc85b7f4b492..3681aafe6ecf48d9b11e0182b8e1842aa5dcbd4d 100644
--- a/docs/install-manual-detailed.md
+++ b/docs/install-manual-detailed.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Installation instructions follow in alphabetical orderby platorm.
 ## Linux
 
 * Use either your system package manager, pip + virtualenv, or Anaconda to
-install the following dependencies:
+install the following python dependencies:
 
 > numpy, cython, scipy, pandas, matplotlib, pyscaffold, future, nose, sphinx,
 > xlrd, pytables, h5py, pytest, pytest-cov, setuptools_scm, setuptools
@@ -163,9 +163,12 @@ pip install pyscaffold pytest pytest-cov
 ```
 git clone https://gitlab.windenergy.dtu.dk/toolbox/WindEnergyToolbox.git
 cd WindEnergyToolbox
-python setup.py install
+pip install -e .
 ```
 
+Note that ```pip install -e .``` will install ```wetb``` in the source directory.
+This works best if you are also developing and regularly updating this package.
+
 You can run the tests cases from the source root directory:
 
 ```