# Change discourse-setup wording

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-discourse-setup-wording/208855>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [November 11, 2021, 4:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-discourse-setup-wording/208855 "2021-11-11T04:36:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 4:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-discourse-setup-wording/208855/1 "2021-11-11T04:36:51Z")

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Hi  
I’ve done quite a few fresh installs recently.  
What I noticed was that the wording of the first response in the process of checking if Docker is installed.

" **Failed** to find Docker … etc

The use of the word ‘failed’ as a first response on most installs isn’t good feedback to anyone unfamiliar with the command line.

You copy and paste

```plaintext
sudo -s
git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse_docker.git /var/discourse
cd /var/discourse

```

and it results in failure unless Docker is already installed, which is quite improbable in most cases.

Can the wording be changed to something less negative?

- "Docker not found …

- "[AS EXPECTED] … Docker is not installed …

- "Next step is to install Docker as it isn’t presently installed …

- "That Worked! - The next step is to install Docker as it isn’t presently installed …

@pfaffman I know you do a lot of installs, any thoughts?

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