diff --git a/doc/source/installation.rst b/doc/source/installation.rst
index 0f9c225103a8d48d3c0bcc8b64a72a1e5f4b8a71..37f79f05cd6ea3ddcd85137d7b711e1f7281d80e 100644
--- a/doc/source/installation.rst
+++ b/doc/source/installation.rst
@@ -158,12 +158,12 @@ Once that's finished, you can enter the container in writable mode to install Gs
 
    .. code:: bash
 
-       $ singularity run --writable -B /cvmfs gstlal-dev
+       $ singularity run --writable gstlal-dev
        WARNING: By using --writable, Singularity can't create /cvmfs destination automatically without overlay or underlay
        FATAL:   container creation failed: mount /cvmfs->/cvmfs error: while mounting /cvmfs: destination /cvmfs doesn't exist in container
 
    In this case, one way to resolve this error is to add directories in the
-   container for each of the bind mounts explicitly:
+   container for each of the bind mounts explicitly, e.g.,:
 
    .. code:: bash