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diff --git a/site/contributing.md b/site/contributing.md
index bf6915b17b..78684a405b 100644
--- a/site/contributing.md
+++ b/site/contributing.md
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ for Java. We don't have IDE support for other languages in Bazel right now.
### Preparations
* [Install Bazel](https://bazel.build/versions/master/docs/install.html) on your system.
+ Note that for developing Bazel, you need the latest released version of Bazel.
* Clone Bazel's Git repository from Gerrit:
* `git clone https://bazel.googlesource.com/bazel`
* Try to build Bazel:
@@ -103,8 +104,8 @@ To work with Eclipse:
### Compiling Bazel
To test out bazel, you need to compile it. To compile a development version of
-Bazel, you need a working version of Bazel already, e.g., the latest release
-version [compiled from source](/versions/master/docs/install.html#compiling-from-source).
+Bazel, you need a the latest released version of bazel, which can be
+[compiled from source](/versions/master/docs/install.html#compiling-from-source).
`bazel build //src:bazel` builds the Bazel binary using `bazel` from your PATH
and the resulting binary can be found at `bazel-bin/src/bazel`. This is the
diff --git a/site/versions/master/docs/install.md b/site/versions/master/docs/install.md
index e67c7247a3..87244c5f56 100644
--- a/site/versions/master/docs/install.md
+++ b/site/versions/master/docs/install.md
@@ -273,10 +273,7 @@ The standard way of compiling a release version of Bazel from source
is to use a distribution archive. Download `bazel-<VERSION>-dist.zip`
from
the [release page](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases) for
-the desired version (for releases 0.4.0 and earlier: download the "source
-code" zip archive and note that it will only work for the supported
-architectures as it contains binaries). We recommend to also verify
-the signature made by our
+the desired version. We recommend to also verify the signature made by our
[release key](https://bazel.build/bazel-release.pub.gpg) 48457EE0.
Unzip the archive and call `bash ./compile.sh`; this will create a