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@@ -6,25 +6,26 @@ https://monash.docs.ligo.org/peyote/)
 
 Fulfilling all your GW dreams.
 
+## Installation
+
 In the following, we assume you have installed
 [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/) and [git](https://git-scm.com/).
 
-First, clone the repository, install the requirements, and then install `Peyote`.
+### Install peyote
+Clone the repository, install the requirements, and then install `peyote`.
 ```bash
 $ git clone git@git.ligo.org:Monash/peyote.git
+$ cd peyote/
 $ pip install -r requirements.txt
 $ python setup.py install
 ```
 
-Once you have run these three steps, you have `Peyote installed`. However, you
-aren't quite yet ready to run anything. First,
-`pymultinest` needs the MultiNest library to be installed to work properly. The
-full instructions can be found
-[here](https://johannesbuchner.github.io/PyMultiNest/install.html). We have
-also written [a shortened tl;dr here](./TLDR_MULTINEST.md).
+Once you have run these steps, you have `peyote` installed.
 
-Second, you need `lalsimulation` from `lalsuite` installed. To do this head
-to [https://git.ligo.org/lscsoft/lalsuite](https://git.ligo.org/lscsoft/lalsuite)
+### Install lalsuite
+Many of the `peyote` features rely on having a swig-wrapped `lalsuite`
+installation. To install this head to
+[https://git.ligo.org/lscsoft/lalsuite](https://git.ligo.org/lscsoft/lalsuite)
 to check you have an account and SSH keys set up. Then,
 
 ```bash
@@ -36,10 +37,18 @@ $ ./configure --prefix=${HOME}/lalsuite-install --disable-all-lal --enable-swig
 $ make; make install
 ```
 
-** warning **: in the configure line here, we have disabled everything except lalsimulation. If you need other modules, see `./configure --help`.
+Warning: in the configure line here, we have disabled everything except
+lalsimulation. If you need other modules, see `./configure --help`.
 
 You could also `pip install lal, lalsuite`.
 
+### Install lalsuite (optional)
+
+If you want to use the `pymultinest` sampler, you first need the
+MultiNest library to be installed to work properly. The full instructions can
+be found [here](https://johannesbuchner.github.io/PyMultiNest/install.html). We
+have also written [a shortened tl;dr here](./TLDR_MULTINEST.md).
+
 ## Tests and coverage
 
 To locally test the code