diff --git a/doc/sources/contribute.rst b/doc/sources/contribute.rst
index dbc24b108..7c8cf7336 100644
--- a/doc/sources/contribute.rst
+++ b/doc/sources/contribute.rst
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ base. If you don't want to use GitHub, we assume you know what you do anyway.
 Code Workflow
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-So here is the initial setup to begin with our workflow (You only need to do
-this once):
+So here is the initial setup to begin with our workflow (you only need to do
+this once to install Kivy):
 
     #. Log in to GitHub
     #. Create a fork of the `Kivy repository <https://github.com/tito/kivy>`_ by
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ this once):
        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 tine
+       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:
@@ -83,6 +83,16 @@ Now, whenever you want to create a patch, you follow the following steps:
        in the GitHub interface of your repository. (This is why we forked
        initially. Your repository is linked against ours.)
 
+    **Note:**
+        When you change parts of the code base that require compilation, you
+        will have to recompile in order for your changes to take effect. The ``make
+        build`` command will do that for you (see the Makefile if you want to execute
+        the steps manually). If you need to clean your current directory from compiled
+        files, execute ``make clean``. If you want to get rid of **all** files that are
+        not under version control, run ``make distclean``
+        (**Caution:** If your changes are not under version control, this
+        command will delete them!)
+
 Now we will receive your pull request. We will check whether your changes are
 clean and make sense (if you talked to us before doing all of this we will have
 told you whether it makes sense or not). If so, we will pull them and you will
diff --git a/doc/sources/guide/installation.rst b/doc/sources/guide/installation.rst
index 06546fbf9..690f2d710 100644
--- a/doc/sources/guide/installation.rst
+++ b/doc/sources/guide/installation.rst
@@ -31,27 +31,43 @@ Other optional libraries (mutually interchangable) are:
 Stable version
 --------------
 
-No stable version yet.
+No stable version yet. Please be patient. Once we release a stable
+version, we will provide packages for every supported platform that allow
+you to simply download and run Kivy applications.
 
-Development version
+
+Development Version
 -------------------
 
-If you want to work with the latest version of Kivy, you must clone and use our source code repository from `Github <https://github.com/tito/kivy/>`_.
+The development version is for developers and testers. Note that when
+running a development version, you're running potentially broken code at
+your own risk.
+To use the development version, you will first need to install the
+dependencies. Afterwards you have to set up Kivy on your computer in a way
+that allows for easy development. For that, please see our
+:ref:`contributing` document.
+
+Installing Dependencies
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+To install Kivy's dependencies, follow the guide below for your platform.
 
 Ubuntu
-~~~~~~
+++++++
+
+For Ubuntu, simply enter the following command that will install all
+necessary packages:
 
 ::
 
     $ sudo apt-get install python-setuptools python-pygame python-opengl \
       python-gst0.10 python-enchant gstreamer0.10-plugins-good cython python-dev \
       build-essential libgl1-mesa-dev libgles2-mesa-dev
-    $ git clone git://github.com/tito/kivy.git
-    $ cd kivy
-    $ python setup.py build_ext --inplace
-    $ python setup.py build_factory
 
-Then, add in your environment ::
 
-    $ export PYTHONPATH=~/path/of/kivy/clone
+Installing Kivy
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+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`.