diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 5cbb718c74..4cb67ba0c4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ git-annex (7.20190912) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * init: Catch more exceptions when testing locking.
   * init: Fix a reversion that broke initialization on systems that
     need to use pid locking.
+  * A git-annex-standalone rpm is now distributed along with the standalone
+    tarball.
   * Added standalone/rpm/rpmbuild-from-standalone-tarball script.
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Sat, 24 Aug 2019 12:54:35 -0400
diff --git a/doc/install.mdwn b/doc/install.mdwn
index 1d2c246666..59ce591965 100644
--- a/doc/install.mdwn
+++ b/doc/install.mdwn
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ detailed instructions             | quick install
 &nbsp;&nbsp;[[Guix]]              | `guix package -i git-annex`
 &nbsp;&nbsp;[[Void]]              | `xbps-install git-annex`
 &nbsp;&nbsp;[[ScientificLinux]]   |
+&nbsp;&nbsp;[[RHEL]]              |
 &nbsp;&nbsp;[[openSUSE]]          | `zypper in git-annex`
 &nbsp;&nbsp;[[Docker]]            | 
 &nbsp;&nbsp;[[conda]]             | `conda install -c conda-forge git-annex`
diff --git a/doc/install/RHEL.mdwn b/doc/install/RHEL.mdwn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a51fccc935
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/install/RHEL.mdwn
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+There is a version of git-annex in the 
+[EPEL](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) repo. However, it is probably
+quite old.
+
+To install a newer version of git-annex, use the
+[[git-annex-standalone rpm|rpm_standalone]].
diff --git a/doc/install/ScientificLinux.mdwn b/doc/install/ScientificLinux.mdwn
index 116d1c0a14..a51fccc935 100644
--- a/doc/install/ScientificLinux.mdwn
+++ b/doc/install/ScientificLinux.mdwn
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-Install the [EPEL](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL)
-repo and yum install git-annex.
+There is a version of git-annex in the 
+[EPEL](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) repo. However, it is probably
+quite old.
 
-However, the git-annex in EPEL is very old (from 2014 in EPEL 7).
-Use the [[Linux_standalone]] install to get a current version.
+To install a newer version of git-annex, use the
+[[git-annex-standalone rpm|rpm_standalone]].
diff --git a/doc/install/rpm_standalone.mdwn b/doc/install/rpm_standalone.mdwn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..919324e988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/install/rpm_standalone.mdwn
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+If the version of git-annex shipped in your rpm-based distribution is too
+old, there's a git-annex-standalone rpm that you can install instead. It's
+kept up-to-date with the latest git-annex release, and it works on a wide
+range of distribution versions.
+
+To install it, you first have to download a yum configuration file for the git-annex rpm repository:
+
+	curl https://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/linux/current/rpms/git-annex.repo > /etc/yum.repos.d/git-annex.repo
+
+Then:
+
+	yum install git-annex-standalone