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@@ -37,14 +37,21 @@ On Mac OS X with MacPorts (http://www.macports.org/):
 
     port install hs-cabal-install
 
-With cabal installed, cd to the shellcheck source directory and:
+With cabal installed, cd to the ShellCheck source directory and:
 
     $ cabal install
-    ...
+    
+This will install ShellCheck to your ~/.cabal/bin directory.
+
+Add the directory to your PATH (for bash, add this to your ~/.bashrc file):
+
+    export PATH=$HOME/.cabal/bin:$PATH
+
+Verify that your PATH is set up correctly:    
+
     $ which shellcheck
     ~/.cabal/bin/shellcheck
 
-
 ## Building with Make
 
 ShellCheck is written in Haskell, and requires GHC, Parsec3, JSON and