diff --git a/docs/setup/manual-setup.md b/docs/setup/manual-setup.md
index 859dd83cf..6cb7c75ab 100644
--- a/docs/setup/manual-setup.md
+++ b/docs/setup/manual-setup.md
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@
 
 1. Check if you meet the [requirements at the top of this document](#requirements-on-your-server).
 2. Download a [release](https://github.com/hedgedoc/hedgedoc/releases) tarball and extract it.
+   Alternatively, you can use Git to clone the repository and checkout a release, e.g. with `git clone -b 1.7.0 https://github.com/hedgedoc/hedgedoc.git`.
 3. Enter the directory and type `bin/setup`, which will install the dependencies and create configs.
 4. Modify the file named `config.json` or configure HedgeDoc through environment variables which will overwrite the configs, see docs [here](https://github.com/hedgedoc/hedgedoc/blob/master/docs/configuration.md).
-5. **Skip this step for release 1.7 and newer!**  
+5. **If using the release tarball for 1.7.0 or newer, this step can be skipped.**  
    Build the frontend bundle by `yarn run build` (use `yarn run dev` if you are in development)
 6. Modify the file named `.sequelizerc`, change the value of the variable `url` to your db connection string. For example:
    - `postgres://username:password@localhost:5432/hedgedoc`