From 1f3921e1435db7c9489f22832554ad4692434efc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 17:39:04 +0100
Subject: doc: Explain what we mean by root in binary installation.

* doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Add explicit instructions to become root.
---
 doc/guix.texi | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'doc')

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index abec0c0879..d3a7908f9c 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -443,7 +443,8 @@ and rerun the @code{gpg --verify} command.
 @c end authentication part
 
 @item
-As @code{root}, run:
+Now, you need to become the @code{root} user.  Depending on your distribution,
+you may have to run @code{su -} or @code{sudo -i}.  As @code{root}, run:
 
 @example
 # cd /tmp
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