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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ The overall architecture is::
              https://somewhere.org/_matrix      https://elsewhere.net/_matrix
 
 ``#matrix:matrix.org`` is the official support room for Matrix, and can be
-accessed by any client from https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now or
+accessed by any client from https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now.html or
 via IRC bridge at irc://irc.freenode.net/matrix.
 
 Synapse is currently in rapid development, but as of version 0.5 we believe it
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ or mandatory service provider in Matrix, unlike WhatsApp, Facebook, Hangouts,
 etc.
 
 We'd like to invite you to join #matrix:matrix.org (via
-https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now), run a homeserver, take a look
+https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now.html), run a homeserver, take a look
 at the `Matrix spec <https://matrix.org/docs/spec>`_, and experiment with the
 `APIs <https://matrix.org/docs/api>`_ and `Client SDKs
 <http://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now.html#client-sdks>`_.
@@ -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
@@ -321,7 +323,7 @@ Debian
 
 Matrix provides official Debian packages via apt from http://matrix.org/packages/debian/.
 Note that these packages do not include a client - choose one from
-https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now/ (or build your own with one of our SDKs :)
+https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now.html (or build your own with one of our SDKs :)
 
 Fedora
 ------
@@ -332,9 +334,8 @@ https://obs.infoserver.lv/project/monitor/matrix-synapse
 ArchLinux
 ---------
 
-The quickest way to get up and running with ArchLinux is probably with Ivan
-Shapovalov's AUR package from
-https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/matrix-synapse/, which should pull in all
+The quickest way to get up and running with ArchLinux is probably with the community package
+https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/any/matrix-synapse/, which should pull in all
 the necessary dependencies.
 
 Alternatively, to install using pip a few changes may be needed as ArchLinux
@@ -809,7 +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