diff --git a/docs/guide/installation.md b/docs/guide/installation.md
index 3c979a3a..eabef16e 100644
--- a/docs/guide/installation.md
+++ b/docs/guide/installation.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Download this repo and install the dependencies:
 ```sh
 git clone https://github.com/lnbits/lnbits.git
 cd lnbits/
-# on debian based installations like ubuntu, you may have to intall global python packages. Try sudo apt install python3-venv -y
+# ensure you have virtualenv installed, on debian/ubuntu 'apt install python3-venv' should work
 python3 -m venv venv
 ./venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
 cp .env.example .env