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@@ -46,9 +46,14 @@ brew install telegraf
 
 ### From Source:
 
-Telegraf manages dependencies via `godep`, which gets installed via the Makefile.
-Assuming you have your GOPATH setup, `make build` should be enough to gather dependencies
-and build telegraf.
+Telegraf manages dependencies via `godep`, which gets installed via the Makefile
+if you don't have it already. You also must build with golang version 1.4+
+
+1. [Install Go](https://golang.org/doc/install)
+2. [Setup your GOPATH](https://golang.org/doc/code.html#GOPATH)
+3. run `go get github.com/influxdb/telegraf`
+4. `cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/influxdb/telegraf`
+5. run `make`
 
 ### How to use it: