diff --git a/core/INSTALL.txt b/core/INSTALL.txt
index 8c5ee87234354a4d697ee73f9b3cacde885127e3..c83976126e60be3c568a4a7491c219a1f411200c 100644
--- a/core/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/core/INSTALL.txt
@@ -90,6 +90,19 @@ INSTALLATION
 
      mv drupal-x.y.z/* drupal-x.y.z/.htaccess drupal-x.y.z/.csslintrc drupal-x.y.z/.editorconfig drupal-x.y.z/.eslintignore drupal-x.y.z/.eslintrc drupal-x.y.z/.gitattributes /path/to/your/installation
 
+   You can also download the latest version of Drupal using Git on the command
+   line and set up a repository by following the instructions at
+   https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/git-instructions for "Setting up
+   repository for the first time".
+
+   Once you have downloaded Drupal successfully, you may install Composer
+   globally using the instructions at
+   https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#globally
+
+   With Composer installed, run the following command from the Drupal web root:
+
+     composer install
+
 2. Create the Drupal database.
 
    Because Drupal stores all site information in a database, the Drupal