From 36d371ced3f5b52cf8f535b25ca604e5d68974b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniil Baturin <daniil@baturin.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 01:45:00 +0700
Subject: Clarify the debootstrap step

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 README.md | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d7831884..a3384766 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ There are several directories with their own purpose:
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-To build a VyOS image, you need Debian 8 "Jessie" environment (with jessie-backports repository).
-You can create it with [debootstrap](https://wiki.debian.org/Debootstrap) on Debian, Ubuntu and many
-other distributions. To create a Debian 8 "Jessie" environment under vyos-chroot
-directory, run these commands:
+To build a VyOS 1.2.0 image, you need Debian 8 "Jessie" environment (with jessie-backports repository).
 
-Note: This is on Debian/Ubuntu, adjust it for your favorite distro package manager!
+If you do not have a Debian Jessie machine, you may create a chroot environment with the
+[debootstrap](https://wiki.debian.org/Debootstrap) tool.
+
+For example, on another version of Debian or another Debian-based distro, these commands will work:
 
 ```bash
 $ sudo apt-get install debootstrap
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ $ echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main" >> /etc/apt/sour
 $ apt-get update
 ```
 
+If you are working on a Debian Jessie machine, no special preparation is needed, you only
+need to enable jessie-backports and install build dependencies. 
+
 Several packages are required for building the ISO:
 * `python3`
 * `live-build`
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