diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3dafe88..8efa16b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Install
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     $ curl -sSL https://raw.github.com/edavis/brew-pip/master/brew_pip.py > ~/bin/brew-pip
-    $ chmod +x ~/bin/brew-pip
+    $ chmod +x ~/bin/brew-pip # make sure ~/bin is on your $PATH
 
 Usage
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