diff -r 26080284df3c -r 84b041f6f7f3 README.md
--- a/README.md	Sun Dec 05 14:58:56 2021 +0200
+++ b/README.md	Sun Dec 05 15:08:50 2021 +0200
@@ -27,33 +27,23 @@
 
 ## Installation
 
-Borgend naturally requires [Borg Backup][] to be installed. Borgend is written
-in [Python](https://www.python.org/), and also requires a working python3 installation.
-Install both according to the instructions for your operating system. Borgend also
-requires some additional Python libraries. To install these, on macOS, run
+Borgend naturally requires [Borg Backup][] to be installed as well as a working
+[Python 3](https://www.python.org/) installation.  Install both according to the
+instructions for your operating system.  With this done, located in the top-level
+directory of the borgend source tree, you can install borgend
 
-    pip3 install keyring pyyaml rumps
-
-On other systems, run
-
-    pip3 install keyring pyyaml xdg
-
-This will install the following Python packages:
+    pip3 install .
 
- - [keyring](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/keyring) to extract passphrases
-   from the keychain
- - [pyyaml](http://pyyaml.org/) for parsing configuration files
- - [rumps](https://github.com/jaredks/rumps) (Ridiculously Uncomplicated
-   macOS Python Statusbar apps)
- - [xdg](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/xdg/3.0.0) for configuration file
-   location (not needed on macOS)
+This will also install some additional Python libraries
+([keyring](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/keyring),
+[pyyaml](http://pyyaml.org/),
+[rumps](https://github.com/jaredks/rumps), and, if not on MacOS,
+[xdg](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/xdg/3.0.0)).
+Now you can start borgend with
 
-With the dependencies satisfied, and Borgend downloaded, it may be run from
-its download location with
+    borgend
 
-    python3 borgend
-
-Before this, you will probably, however, want to create a configuration file as detailed below.
+Before this, you will probably, however, want to create a configuration file as detailed below. A standalone application, explained below, can be more convenient for access to passwords from the system keyring.
 
 ## Usage and configuration