diff --git a/docs/installation.txt b/docs/installation.txt
index 1533c559b1bf57f5ab9c88a8d2347a73e6ae736e..045980afa15f2296b880d35e30679a0e3f7866bb 100644
--- a/docs/installation.txt
+++ b/docs/installation.txt
@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ Clone the repository, install the requirements, and then install the software:
 Once you have run these steps, you have :code:`bilby` installed. You can now
 try to run the examples.
 
+.. note::
+   The bilby version is determined by the tags in the git repository. Therefore, you may need to run
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      git fetch --all --tags
+
+   to fetch the tags so that when you install from source your version information is up to date. 
+
 .. note::
    If you do not have a git.ligo account, and receive an error message: