diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7a06d61..a09be72 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ To be able to use `robin_hood` instead of STL, you only need to clone the reposi
 git clone https://github.com/martinus/robin-hood-hashing ripser/robinhood
 ```
 
+After cloning robinhood with the above command, install `ripser.py` with
+
+```
+pip install -v -e .
+```
+
+This will install a local, editable version of `ripser.py` with verbose output. In the verbose output,
+you will see confirmation that robinhood was found or not.
+
 <sup>1</sup> The Python package is already compiled with `robin_hood` by default.
 
 ## Usage
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d0aa7aa..1d75635 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ def run(self):
 # Robinhood
 robinhood_path = os.path.join("ripser", "robinhood")
 if os.path.isdir(robinhood_path):
-    print("\nFound robinhood. Using for ripser.py compilation.\n")
+    print(
+        "\nFound local copy of robinhood! Using robinhood for ripser.py compilation.\n"
+    )
     macros.extend([("USE_ROBINHOOD_HASHMAP", 1)])
 
     robinhood_include_path = os.path.join("src", "include")
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ def run(self):
             ["-I" + os.path.join(robinhood_path, robinhood_include_path)]
         )
 else:
-    print("did not find robinhood")
+    print("Did not find a local copy of robinhood. Proceeding anyways.")
 
 ext_modules = Extension(
     "pyRipser",