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 ## Building Nebula from source
 
-Download go and clone this repo. Change to the nebula directory.
+Make sure you have [go](https://go.dev/doc/install) installed and clone this repo. Change to the nebula directory.
 
 To build nebula for all platforms:
 `make all`