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+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,9 +18,13 @@ Installing pyenv-virtualenv as a pyenv plugin will give you access to the
     $ git clone git://github.com/yyuu/pyenv-virtualenv.git ~/.pyenv/plugins/pyenv-virtualenv
 
 This will install the latest development version of pyenv-virtualenv into
-the `~/.pyenv/plugins/pyenv-virtualenv` directory. From that directory, you
-can check out a specific release tag. To update pyenv-virtualenv, run `git
-pull` to download the latest changes.
+the `~/.pyenv/plugins/pyenv-virtualenv` directory. 
+**Important note:**  If you installed pyenv into a non-standard directory, make sure that you clone this
+repo into the 'plugins' directory of wherever you installed into.
+
+From inside that directory you can:
+ - Check out a specific release tag. 
+ - Get the latest development release by running `git pull` to download the latest changes.
 
 ### Installing with Homebrew (for OS X users)
 
@@ -44,13 +48,13 @@ Or, if you would like to install the latest development release:
 ### Using `pyenv virtualenv` with pyenv
 
 To create a virtualenv for the Python version use with pyenv, run
-`pyenv virtualenv` with tha exact name of the version you want to create
-virtualenv. For example,
+`pyenv virtualenv`, specifying the Python version you want and the name
+of the virtualenv directory. For example,
 
-    $ pyenv virtualenv 2.7.5 venv27
+    $ pyenv virtualenv 2.7.5 my-virtual-env-2.7.5
 
-virtualenvs will be created into a directory of the same name
-under `~/.pyenv/versions`.
+will create a virtualenv based on Python 2.7.5 
+under `~/.pyenv/versions` in a folder called `my-virtual-env-2.7.5`. 
 
 
 ### Create virtualenv from current version