diff --git a/doc/source/releases/17.01_announce.rst b/doc/source/releases/17.01_announce.rst
index 97ae359e2a9..199dbbd68f4 100644
--- a/doc/source/releases/17.01_announce.rst
+++ b/doc/source/releases/17.01_announce.rst
@@ -29,15 +29,17 @@ Highlights
   Thanks to `@abretaud <https://github.com/abretaud>`__, `@ashvark <https://github.com/ashvark>`__, `@jvolkening <https://github.com/jvolkening>`__, and `@mvdbeek <https://github.com/mvdbeek>`__.
   Implemented in `Pull Request 3145`_, `PullRequest 3510`_ and `PullRequest 3514`_.
 
-`Github <https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy>`__
-===========================================================
+Get Galaxy
+==========
 
-New Galaxy repository
+The code lives at `Github <https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy>`__ and you should have `Git <https://git-scm.com/>`__ to obtain it.
+
+To get a new Galaxy repository run:
   .. code-block:: shell
 
       $ git clone -b release_17.01 https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy.git
 
-Update of existing Galaxy repository
+To update an existing Galaxy repository run:
   .. code-block:: shell
 
       $ git checkout release_17.01 && git pull --ff-only origin release_17.01