diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -13,16 +13,17 @@ The `environment.yml` file should list all Python libraries on which your notebo
 depend, specified as though they were created using the following `conda` commands:
 
 ```
-source activate example-environment
-conda env export --no-builds -f environment.yml
+conda activate example-environment
+conda env export --from-history -f environment.yml
 ```
 
 Note that the only libraries available to you will be the ones specified in
 the `environment.yml`, so be sure to include everything that you need! 
 
-Also note that conda will possibly try to include OS-specific packages in `environment.yml`, so you
-may have to manually prune `environment.yml` to get rid of these packages. Confirmed Mac-OSX-specific
-packages that should be removed are:
+Also note that if you skip the `--from-history`, conda may include OS-specific
+packages in `environment.yml`, which you would have to manually prune from
+`environment.yml`.  For example, confirmed macOS-specific packages that should
+be removed are:
 
 * libcxxabi=4.0.1
 * appnope=0.1.0