diff --git a/docs/finn/getting_started.rst b/docs/finn/getting_started.rst
index 8b20cebcfc49d14d0afbb26edd678d65425476d3..323692897800d45c6e6cf55b688a2c7b2b9a5277 100644
--- a/docs/finn/getting_started.rst
+++ b/docs/finn/getting_started.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The FINN compiler should not be thought of a single pushbutton tool that does ev
 Requirements
 ============
 
-* Ubuntu 18.04
+* Ubuntu 18.04 with `bash` installed
 * Docker
 * A working Vivado 2019.1 installation
 * A `VIVADO_PATH` environment variable pointing to the Vivado installation directory (e.g. the directory where settings64.sh is located)
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ We use Docker extensively for developing and deploying FINN. If you are not fami
 
 Getting an interactive shell for development or experimentation
 ***************************************************************
+.. note:: **run-docker.sh requires bash to execute correctly.**
+
 ::
 
-  sh run_docker.sh
+  ./run_docker.sh
 
 Simply running sh run-docker.sh without any additional arguments will clone the dependency repos, create a Docker container and give you a terminal with you can use for development for experimentation.
 If you want a new terminal on an already-running container, you can do this with `docker exec -it finn_dev_<username> bash`.
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ Running the Jupyter notebooks
 *****************************
 ::
 
-  sh run-docker.sh notebook
+  ./run-docker.sh notebook
 
 This will launch the `Jupyter notebook <https://jupyter.org/>`_ server inside a Docker container, and print a link on the terminal that you can open in your browser to run the FINN notebooks or create new ones.
 .. note:: The link will look something like this (the token you get will be different):
@@ -57,14 +59,14 @@ by:
 
 ::
 
-  sh run-docker.sh test
+  ./run-docker.sh test
 
 There is a quicker variant of the test suite that skips the tests marked as
 requiring Vivado or as slow-running tests:
 
 ::
 
-  sh run-docker.sh quicktest
+  ./run-docker.sh quicktest
 
 If you want to run individual tests, you can do this *inside the Docker container
 from the FINN root directory* as follows: