diff --git a/doc/misc.rst b/doc/misc.rst
index e64dfcc7149a7dc3145ae4b816811e8f02a13745..9953b2be6879401ba6d79621d3f2def221a90f8f 100644
--- a/doc/misc.rst
+++ b/doc/misc.rst
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ MacOS support is in the works.
 .. note::
 
     In each case, you may leave out the ``--editable`` flag if you would not like
-    a checkout of the source code.
+    an editable copy of the source code checked out in a subfolder.
 
 Next time you want to use `grudge`, just run the following command::