diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 417140c5..e33be3f2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ archlinux-release: $(ARCHLINUX_FILE)
 # Release
 #
 
-$(PYTHON_VERSION): .git/refs/heads/master
+$(PYTHON_VERSION) version: .git/refs/heads/master
 	$(helper) version
 
 # Code that is better handled in a shell script
diff --git a/docs/src/cdist-install.rst b/docs/src/cdist-install.rst
index 1e1e8245..f9feef36 100644
--- a/docs/src/cdist-install.rst
+++ b/docs/src/cdist-install.rst
@@ -40,6 +40,20 @@ To install cdist, execute the following commands:
     cd cdist
     export PATH=$PATH:$(pwd -P)/bin
 
+To install cdist with distutils from cloned repository, first you have to
+create version.py:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+    make version
+
+Then, as usual, you execute the following command:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+    python setup.py install
+
+
 Available versions in git
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^