diff --git a/docs/Chipyard-Basics/Initial-Repo-Setup.rst b/docs/Chipyard-Basics/Initial-Repo-Setup.rst
index af57d6da..cee859d0 100644
--- a/docs/Chipyard-Basics/Initial-Repo-Setup.rst
+++ b/docs/Chipyard-Basics/Initial-Repo-Setup.rst
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ After Conda is installed and is on your ``PATH``, we need to install a version o
 For this you can use the system package manager like ``yum`` or ``apt`` to install ``git``.
 This ``git`` is only used to first checkout the repository, we will later install a newer version of ``git`` with Conda.
 
+Next, we install `libmamba <https://www.anaconda.com/blog/a-faster-conda-for-a-growing-community>`__ for much faster dependency solving when initially setting up the repository.
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+    conda install -n base conda-libmamba-solver
+    conda config --set solver libmamba
+
 Finally we need to install ``conda-lock`` into the ``base`` conda environment.
 This is done by the following:
 
@@ -42,7 +49,6 @@ This is done by the following:
     conda install -n base conda-lock=1.4
     conda activate base
 
-.. Note:: We also recommended switching to `libmamba <https://www.anaconda.com/blog/a-faster-conda-for-a-growing-community>`__ for much faster dependency solving.
 
 Setting up the Chipyard Repo
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