diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
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--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ HaplotypR is distributed under the GNU General Public License, version 3.
 To install HaplotypR start R and first install ShortRead by typing:
 
 ```R
-source("http://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R")
-biocLite("ShortRead")
+if (!requireNamespace("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE))
+    install.packages("BiocManager")
+BiocManager::install("ShortRead")
 ```
 
 Then install devtools by typing