diff --git a/_dist/README.txt b/_dist/README.txt
index 6c5a71a..208e0ce 100644
--- a/_dist/README.txt
+++ b/_dist/README.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ Tags: nmdc
 [go-get]code.ivysaur.me/nmdc-webfrontend git https://git.ivysaur.me/code.ivysaur.me/nmdc-webfrontend.git[/go-get]
 1. Install Go, Node.js, NPM, and 7-Zip (`p7zip-full` on Debian)
 2. Set up your `$GOPATH`
-2. Download the source code: `go get code.ivysaur.me/nmdc-webfrontend`
+3. Download the source code
+   - `https://git.ivysaur.me/code.ivysaur.me/nmdc-webfrontend.git` ; or
+   - `go get code.ivysaur.me/nmdc-webfrontend` ; or
+   - download and extract a source archive
 4. Install dependencies: `sudo make deps`
 5. Build: `make`
 6. Optional: Set `web.external_webroot: true` in the config file for unminified development