diff --git a/doc/sources/contribute.rst b/doc/sources/contribute.rst
index 7c8cf7336..e5bd5be23 100644
--- a/doc/sources/contribute.rst
+++ b/doc/sources/contribute.rst
@@ -42,21 +42,20 @@ Code Workflow
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 So here is the initial setup to begin with our workflow (you only need to do
-this once to install Kivy):
+this once to install Kivy). Basically you follow the installation
+instructions from :ref:`dev-install`, but you don't clone our repository,
+but the fork you create with the following steps:
 
     #. Log in to GitHub
     #. Create a fork of the `Kivy repository <https://github.com/tito/kivy>`_ by
        clicking the *fork* button.
     #. Clone your fork of our repository to your computer. Your fork will have
        the git remote name 'origin' and you will be on branch 'master'.
+    #. Compile and set up PYTHONPATH or install (see :ref:`dev-install`).
     #. Install our pre-commit hook that ensures your code doesn't violate our
        styleguide by executing 'make hook' in your clone. This will run our
        styleguide check whenever you do a commit, and if there are violations in
        the parts that you changed, your commit will be aborted. Fix & retry.
-    #. Set up the `PYTHONPATH environment variable <http://docs.python.org/tutorial/modules.html#the-module-search-path>`_
-       to point at your clone.
-       This way you don't have to install (``setup.py install``) after every tiny
-       modification. Python will instead import Kivy from your clone.
 
 Now, whenever you want to create a patch, you follow the following steps:
 
diff --git a/doc/sources/guide/installation.rst b/doc/sources/guide/installation.rst
index 690f2d710..79d2adf57 100644
--- a/doc/sources/guide/installation.rst
+++ b/doc/sources/guide/installation.rst
@@ -64,10 +64,37 @@ necessary packages:
       python-gst0.10 python-enchant gstreamer0.10-plugins-good cython python-dev \
       build-essential libgl1-mesa-dev libgles2-mesa-dev
 
+.. _dev-install:
 
-Installing Kivy
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Installing Kivy for Development
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-In order to set up Kivy for development, please set up a development
-environment for Kivy on your computer. Follow the steps mentioned in
-:ref:`contributing`.
+Now that you've installed all the required dependencies, it's time to
+download and compile a development version of Kivy::
+
+    $ # Download Kivy from GitHub
+    $ git clone git://github.com/tito/kivy.git
+    $ cd kivy
+
+    $ # Compile:
+    $ python setup.py build_ext --inplace
+    $ python setup.py build_factory
+
+If you have the ``make`` command available, you can also use the
+following shortcut to compile (does the same as the last two commands)::
+
+    $ make build
+
+If you want to modify the Kivy codebase itself,
+set up the `PYTHONPATH environment variable <http://docs.python.org/tutorial/modules.html#the-module-search-path>`_
+to point at your clone.
+This way you don't have to install (``setup.py install``) after every tiny
+modification. Python will instead import Kivy from your clone.
+
+Or, if you don't want to make any changes to Kivy itself, you can also run
+(as admin, e.g. with sudo)::
+
+    $ python setup.py install
+
+If you want to contribute code (patches, new features) to the Kivy
+codebase, please read :ref:`contributing`.