1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 56f92a680d..759197f5ff 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -108,10 +108,10 @@ Installing prerequisites on ArchLinux::
     sudo pacman -S base-devel python2 python-pip \
                    python-setuptools python-virtualenv sqlite3
 
-Installing prerequisites on CentOS 7::
+Installing prerequisites on CentOS 7 or Fedora 25::
 
     sudo yum install libtiff-devel libjpeg-devel libzip-devel freetype-devel \
-                     lcms2-devel libwebp-devel tcl-devel tk-devel \
+                     lcms2-devel libwebp-devel tcl-devel tk-devel redhat-rpm-config \
                      python-virtualenv libffi-devel openssl-devel
     sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
 
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ To install the synapse homeserver run::
 
     virtualenv -p python2.7 ~/.synapse
     source ~/.synapse/bin/activate
+    pip install --upgrade pip
     pip install --upgrade setuptools
     pip install https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/tarball/master
 
@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ To get started, it is easiest to use the command line to register new users::
     New user localpart: erikj
     Password:
     Confirm password:
+    Make admin [no]:
     Success!
 
 This process uses a setting ``registration_shared_secret`` in
@@ -808,7 +810,7 @@ directory of your choice::
 Synapse has a number of external dependencies, that are easiest
 to install using pip and a virtualenv::
 
-    virtualenv env
+    virtualenv -p python2.7 env
     source env/bin/activate
     python synapse/python_dependencies.py | xargs pip install
     pip install lxml mock