diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0817a72362..7dee590457 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ Building Neon requires 3.15+ version of `protoc` (protobuf-compiler). If your di
 # recommended approach from https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install
 curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
 
-# add $HOME/.cargo/bin to PATH
-echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
+# bash-only: add $HOME/.cargo/bin to PATH. The script does this for zsh
+# echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
 
 rustup show
 ```
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ brew link --force m4
 # recommended approach from https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install
 curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
 
-# add $HOME/.cargo/bin to PATH
-echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
+# bash-only: add $HOME/.cargo/bin to PATH. The script does this for zsh
+echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
 
 rustup show
 ```