diff --git a/docs/Compile.rst b/docs/Compile.rst
index bd1a50f5a..e22e99556 100644
--- a/docs/Compile.rst
+++ b/docs/Compile.rst
@@ -320,18 +320,19 @@ You can confirm whether you have SP1 by opening the Visual Studio 2010 IDE
 and selecting About from the Help menu.  If you have SP1 it will have *SP1Rel*
 at the end of the version number, for example: *Version 10.0.40219.1 SP1Rel*
 
-Use of pre-SP1 releases is not supported by DFHack and has been reported to
-cause issues.  Please ensure you are using SP1 before raising any Issues.
+Use of pre-SP1 releases has been reported to cause issues and is therefore not
+supported by DFHack. Please ensure you are using SP1 before raising any Issues.
 
 Additional dependencies: installing with the Chocolatey Package Manager
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 The remainder of dependencies - Git, CMake and StrawberryPerl - can be most
 easily installed using the Chocolatey Package Manger. Chocolatey is a
-\*nix-style package manager for Windows. Think "``apt-get`` for Windows."
+\*nix-style package manager for Windows. It's fast, small (8-20MB on disk)
+and very capable. Think "``apt-get`` for Windows."
 
-Chocolatey is the recommended way of installing the required dependencies
-as it's less work and installs known-good utilities with the correct setup
-(especially PATH).
+Chocolatey is a preferred way of installing the required dependencies
+as it's quicker, less effort and will install known-good utilities
+guaranteed to have the correct setup (especially PATH).
 
 To install Chocolatey and the required dependencies:
 
@@ -351,7 +352,7 @@ To install Chocolatey and the required dependencies:
   * On earlier Windows: find ``cmd.exe`` in Start Menu, right click
     and choose Open As Administrator.
 
-* Paste in the Chocolatey install command, hit enter, and follow all prompts
+* Paste in the Chocolatey install command and hit enter
 * Close this ``cmd.exe`` window and open another Admin ``cmd.exe`` in the same way
 * Run the following command::
 
@@ -362,19 +363,22 @@ To install Chocolatey and the required dependencies:
 You can now use all of these utilities from any normal ``cmd.exe`` window.
 You only need Admin/elevated ``cmd.exe`` for running ``choco install`` commands;
 for all other purposes, including compiling DFHack, you should use
-a normal ``cmd.exe``.
+a normal ``cmd.exe`` (or, better, an improved terminal like `Cmder <http://cmder.net/>`_;
+details below, under Build.)
 
-**NOTE**: the above assumes you have none of Git, CMake and StrawberryPerl
-already installed. If you do have one, you may want to remove that entry
-from the install command listed above. Or, better, uninstall the copy you
-have now and re-install via Chocolatey, to ensure you have PATH set up right
-and so that Chocolatey can manage that program for you in future.
+**NOTE**: you can run the above ``choco install`` command even if you already have
+Git, CMake or StrawberryPerl installed. Chocolatey will inform you if any software
+is already installed and won't re-install it. In that case, please check the PATHs
+are correct for that utility as listed in the manual instructions below. Or, better,
+manually uninstall the version you have already and re-install via Chocolatey,
+which will ensure the PATH are set up right and will allow Chocolatey to manage
+that program for you in future.
 
 Additional dependencies: installing manually
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-This is no longer generally recommended, as Chocolatey makes life a lot easier.
-Use only if you have special requirements, or to check that your
-already-installed versions of the below programs are as required for DFHack.
+If you prefer to install manually rather than using Chocolatey, details and
+requirements are as below. If you do install manually, please ensure you
+have all PATHs set up correctly.
 
 Git
 ^^^
@@ -390,7 +394,6 @@ You can get the win32 installer version from
 It has the usual installer wizard. Make sure you let it add its binary folder
 to your binary search PATH so the tool can be later run from anywhere.
 
-
 Perl / Strawberry Perl
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 For the code generation parts you'll need Perl 5 with XML::LibXML and XML::LibXSLT.
@@ -454,7 +457,7 @@ may prefer to compile in the IDE which will always show all build output.
 
 Alternatively (or additionally), consider installing an improved Windows terminal
 such as `Cmder <http://cmder.net/>`_. Easily installed through Chocolatey with:
-``choco install cmder``.
+``choco install cmder -y``.
 
 Building/installing from the Visual Studio IDE:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~