diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 874b0c450..050cde82b 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -18,16 +18,17 @@ The Let's Encrypt Client is a fully-featured, extensible client for the Let's Encrypt CA (or any other CA that speaks the `ACME `_ protocol) that can automate the tasks of obtaining certificates and -configuring webservers to use them. +configuring webservers to use them. This client runs on Unix-based operating +systems. Installation ------------ -If ``letsencrypt`` is packaged for your OS, you can install it from there, and -run it by typing ``letsencrypt``. Because not all operating systems have -packages yet, we provide a temporary solution via the ``letsencrypt-auto`` -wrapper script, which obtains some dependencies from your OS and puts others -in a python virtual environment:: +If ``letsencrypt`` is packaged for your Unix OS, you can install it from +there, and run it by typing ``letsencrypt``. Because not all operating +systems have packages yet, we provide a temporary solution via the +``letsencrypt-auto`` wrapper script, which obtains some dependencies +from your OS and puts others in a python virtual environment:: user@webserver:~$ git clone https://github.com/letsencrypt/letsencrypt user@webserver:~$ cd letsencrypt