diff --git a/doc/topics/releases/releasecandidate.rst b/doc/topics/releases/releasecandidate.rst
index 7306a8e27dd1..4e891c997f42 100644
--- a/doc/topics/releases/releasecandidate.rst
+++ b/doc/topics/releases/releasecandidate.rst
@@ -6,15 +6,16 @@
 Installing/Testing a Salt Release Candidate
 ===========================================
 
-It's time for a new feature release of Salt! Follow the instructions below to
-install the latest release candidate of Salt, and try :ref:`all the shiny new
-features <release-2019-2-0>`! Be sure to report any bugs you find on `Github
+When it's time for a new feature release of Salt, follow the instructions below to
+install the latest release candidate of Salt, and try all the shiny new
+features! Be sure to report any bugs you find on `Github
 <https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/new/>`_.
 
 Installing Using Packages
 =========================
 
 Builds for a few platforms are available as part of the RC at https://repo.saltstack.com/salt_rc/.
+The builds should include the latest version of the OS that is currently available.
 
 .. note::
 
@@ -34,37 +35,32 @@ Builds for a few platforms are available as part of the RC at https://repo.salts
 
         baseurl=https://repo.saltstack.com/salt_rc/py3/redhat/$releasever/$basearch/
 
-    For Ubuntu Python 2
+    For Ubuntu Python 2 (replace os_version, with ubuntu version. For example 18.04)
 
     .. code-block:: none
 
-        deb http://repo.saltstack.com/salt_rc/apt/ubuntu/18.04/amd64 bionic main
+        deb http://repo.saltstack.com/salt_rc/apt/ubuntu/<os_version>/amd64 bionic main
 
-    For Ubuntu Python 3
+    For Ubuntu Python 3 (replace os_version, with ubuntu version. For example 18.04)
 
     .. code-block:: none
 
-        deb http://repo.saltstack.com/salt_rc/py3/ubuntu/18.04/amd64 bionic main
+        deb http://repo.saltstack.com/salt_rc/py3/ubuntu/<os_version>/amd64 bionic main
 
-    For Debian Python 2
+    For Debian Python 2 (replace os_version, with debian version. For example 9)
 
     .. code-block:: none
 
-        deb http://repo.saltstack.com/salt_rc/apt/debian/9/amd64 stretch main
+        deb http://repo.saltstack.com/salt_rc/apt/debian/<os_version>/amd64 stretch main
 
-    For Debian Python 3
+    For Debian Python 3 (replace os_version, with debian version. For example 9)
 
     .. code-block:: none
 
-        deb http://repo.saltstack.com/salt_rc/py3/debian/9/amd64 stretch main
+        deb http://repo.saltstack.com/salt_rc/py3/debian/<os_version>/amd64 stretch main
 
+The OSs that will be built for each RC release are the latest version of each OS on https://repo.saltstack.com
 
-Available builds:
-
-- Ubuntu 18
-- Debian 9
-- Redhat 7
-- Windows
 
 .. FreeBSD
 
@@ -97,9 +93,8 @@ the ``-M`` and ``-N`` flags:
 Installing Using PyPI
 =====================
 
-Installing from the `source archive
-<https://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=display&name=salt&version=2019.2.0rc1>`_ on
-`PyPI <https://pypi.python.org/pypi>`_ is fairly straightforward.
+Installing from the source archive on `PyPI <https://pypi.python.org/pypi>`_
+is fairly straightforward.
 
 .. note::
 
@@ -134,6 +129,12 @@ First install the build dependencies.
 
 Then install salt using the following command:
 
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    sudo pip install salt==<rc tag version>
+
+For example for the 2019.2.0rc1 release:
+
 .. code-block:: bash
 
     sudo pip install salt==2019.2.0rc1