diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d23cce7..e7bf2a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stack --version
 
 The package is `stack-diagram-cli`, not the unrelated `stack-cli`; the binary is `stack`. Cargo owns updates and uninstall, and does not automatically install completion or manual files. See [Cargo installation](./docs/distribution.md#cargo-installation).
 
-For Aqua, copy the pinned configuration and policy from the [Aqua installation section](./docs/distribution.md#aqua-installation), review them, allow the policy, and install the checksum-locked package:
+For Aqua, copy the pinned configuration and policy from the [Aqua installation section](./docs/distribution.md#aqua-installation) to your Git repository root (run `git init` first for a new project), review them, allow the policy, and install the checksum-locked package:
 
 ```sh
 aqua policy allow
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ For a direct installation, download the archive for your target and its verifica
 
 ## Create your first SVG
 
-After installing, open a new empty working directory and run:
+After installing, open a new empty working directory and run the following. With Aqua, keep it inside the Git repository containing your `aqua.yaml`:
 
 ```sh
 stack --version
diff --git a/docs/distribution.md b/docs/distribution.md
index 3173650..27a97fa 100644
--- a/docs/distribution.md
+++ b/docs/distribution.md
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ The Homebrew v0.5.1 formula was activated after the immutable release assets wer
 
 The owner registry is the [`aqua/registry.yaml`](../aqua/registry.yaml) file pinned to immutable commit `42702cda91a4156901b9a601bd143c43dcf05766`. Aqua maps `darwin/amd64`, `darwin/arm64`, `linux/amd64`, and `linux/arm64` to the four canonical GitHub Release archives, reads their SHA-256 values from the signed checksum asset, and verifies the checksum bundle against the tagged `release.yaml` workflow identity.
 
-Add the following `aqua.yaml` to a Git repository:
+Add the following `aqua.yaml` at the root of a Git repository (the directory containing `.git`). Run `git init` first for a new project:
 
 ```yaml
 checksum:
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ packages:
     registry: stack-sh
 ```
 
-Because Aqua denies non-standard registries by default, add and review this narrow `aqua-policy.yaml` rather than disabling policy:
+Because Aqua denies non-standard registries by default, add and review this narrow `aqua-policy.yaml` at the same repository root rather than disabling policy:
 
 ```yaml
 registries:
diff --git a/skills/docs-source.json b/skills/docs-source.json
index ce5329e..69e33bb 100644
--- a/skills/docs-source.json
+++ b/skills/docs-source.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "repository": "stack-sh/docs",
-  "revision": "470ec245a4c491ec0e27b717eaea6fab6ade22fd",
-  "manifestSha256": "856d190ced590cffe4613c4f34276de3cbf3e9f8059b5c323d4247f03bd12bb6"
+  "revision": "86c51be1ddcabd48b326bacdb6088eb2a2ff79bf",
+  "manifestSha256": "9e41cdce9df59d8b63e81691cce3da595df206d02c6ed79c7a1adec8e0f6d500"
 }