diff --git a/doc/install.mdwn b/doc/install.mdwn
index 6c90d2c994..03f1464502 100644
--- a/doc/install.mdwn
+++ b/doc/install.mdwn
@@ -19,14 +19,8 @@ Windows               | [[sorry, Windows not supported yet|todo/windows_support]
 
 ## Using cabal
 
-As a haskell package, git-annex can be installed using cabal.
-Start by installing the [Haskell Platform](http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/),
-and then:
-
-	cabal install git-annex --bindir=$HOME/bin
-
-That installs the latest release. Alternatively, you can [[download]]
-git-annex yourself and [[manually_build_with_cabal|install/cabal]].
+As a haskell package, git-annex can be installed from source pretty easily
+[[using cabal|cabal]].
 
 ## Installation from scratch
 
diff --git a/doc/install/cabal.mdwn b/doc/install/cabal.mdwn
index 942ee60cd9..96e623d3b3 100644
--- a/doc/install/cabal.mdwn
+++ b/doc/install/cabal.mdwn
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-As a haskell package, git-annex can be installed using cabal. For example:
+As a haskell package, git-annex can be installed using cabal.
+
+Start by installing the [Haskell Platform](http://hackage.haskell.org/platform/),
+and then:
 
 	cabal update
 	PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
diff --git a/doc/install/comment_1_f04df6bcd50d1d01eb34868bb00ac35c._comment b/doc/install/cabal/comment_1_f04df6bcd50d1d01eb34868bb00ac35c._comment
similarity index 100%
rename from doc/install/comment_1_f04df6bcd50d1d01eb34868bb00ac35c._comment
rename to doc/install/cabal/comment_1_f04df6bcd50d1d01eb34868bb00ac35c._comment