Clarify the runtime directory location in installation docs

book/src/install.md

@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-helix
 
 Requirements:
 
+Clone the Helix GitHub repository into a directory of your choice. The
+examples in this documentation assume installation into either `~/src/` on
+Linux and macOS, or `%userprofile%\src\helix\runtime` on Windows.
+
 - The [Rust toolchain](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install)
 - The [Git version control system](https://git-scm.com/)
 - A c++14 compatible compiler to build the tree-sitter grammars, for example GCC or Clang
@@ -179,8 +183,8 @@ cd helix
 cargo install --path helix-term --locked
 ```
 
-This command will create the `hx` executable and construct the tree-sitter
-grammars in the local `runtime` folder.
+This command will create the `hx` executable and construct the tree-sitter grammars in the 
+local `runtime` folder.
 
 > 💡 Tree-sitter grammars can be fetched and compiled if not pre-packaged. Fetch
 > grammars with `hx --grammar fetch` and compile them with
@@ -192,16 +196,18 @@ grammars in the local `runtime` folder.
 
 #### Linux and macOS
 
-Either set the `HELIX_RUNTIME` environment variable to point to the runtime files and add it to your `~/.bashrc` or equivalent:
+The **runtime** directory is one below the Helix source, so either set a
+`HELIX_RUNTIME` environment variable to point to that directory and add it to
+your `~/.bashrc` or equivalent:
 
 ```sh
-HELIX_RUNTIME=/home/user-name/src/helix/runtime
+HELIX_RUNTIME=~/src/helix/runtime
 ```
 
-Or, create a symlink in `~/.config/helix` that links to the source code directory:
+Or, create a symbolic link:
 
 ```sh
-ln -s $PWD/runtime ~/.config/helix/runtime
+ln -s ~/src/helix/runtime ~/.config/helix/runtime
 ```
 
 #### Windows