diff --git a/doc/CONTRIBUTING.md b/doc/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 4e308974..5e3f689c 100644
--- a/doc/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/doc/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -51,13 +51,13 @@ yarn --production
 node .
 ```
 
-Now you can build the packages with:
+Now you can build release packages with:
 
 ```
 yarn release:standalone
+# The standalone release is in ./release-standalone
 yarn test:standalone-release
 yarn package
-# The standalone release is in ./release-standalone
 # .deb, .rpm and the standalone archive are in ./release-packages
 ```
 
diff --git a/doc/install.md b/doc/install.md
index 307f20a8..cab44623 100644
--- a/doc/install.md
+++ b/doc/install.md
@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ commands presented in the rest of this document.
   - If Homebrew is not installed it will install the latest standalone release into `~/.local`.
   - Add `~/.local/bin` to your `$PATH` to run code-server.
 
-- If ran on an architecture with no releases, it will install the npm package with `yarn` or `npm`.
+- If ran on an architecture with no releases, it will install the [npm package](#yarn-npm) with `yarn` or `npm`.
   - We only have releases for amd64 and arm64 presently.
+  - The [npm package](#yarn-npm) builds the native modules on postinstall.
 
 ## Debian, Ubuntu
 
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 0f2683c9..44209ebb 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Usage:
 - If ran on an architecture with no releases, it will install the
   npm package with yarn or npm.
   - We only have releases for amd64 and arm64 presently.
+  - The npm package builds the native modules on postinstall.
 
 It will cache all downloaded assets into ~/.cache/code-server