diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 197d9bd344c32..1f33c7e8bbabc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,12 +66,27 @@ The commands above will not work if there are more than one directory in ``$GOPA
 
 ### godep and dependency management
 
-Kubernetes uses [godep](https://github.com/tools/godep) to manage dependencies. Please make sure that ``godep`` is installed and in your ``$PATH``. If you have already set up Go development environment correctly, the following command will install ``godep`` into your ``$GOBIN`` directory, which is ``$GOPATH/bin`` by default if ``$GOBIN`` is not set:
+Kubernetes uses [godep](https://github.com/tools/godep) to manage dependencies. Please make sure that ``godep`` is installed and in your ``$PATH``.
 
+#### Installing godep
+There are many ways to build and host go binaries. Here is an easy way to get utilities like ```godep``` installed:
+
+1. Ensure that [mercurial](http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/Download) is installed on your system. (some of godep's dependencies use the mercurial
+source control system).  Use ```apt-get install mercurial``` or ```yum install mercurial``` on Linux, or [brew.sh](http://brew.sh) on OS X, or download
+directly from mercurial.
+2. Create a new GOPATH for your tools and install godep:
+```
+GOPATH=$HOME/src/go-tools
+mkdir -p $GOPATH
+go install github.com/tools/godep
+```
+
+3. Add $HOME/src/go-tools/bin to your path. Typically you'd add this to your ~/.profile:
 ```
-go get github.com/tools/godep
+export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/src/go-tools/bin
 ```
 
+#### Using godep
 Here is a quick summary of `godep`.  `godep` helps manage third party dependencies by copying known versions into Godep/_workspace.  You can use `godep` in three ways:
 
 1. Use `godep` to call your `go` commands.  For example: `godep go test ./...`
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/gce.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/gce.md
index f62e81912fbf7..89b3f848b9e61 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/gce.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/gce.md
@@ -9,12 +9,7 @@
 4. You must have Go (version 1.2 or later) installed: [www.golang.org](http://www.golang.org).
 5. You must have the [`gcloud` components](https://developers.google.com/cloud/sdk/) installed.
 6. Ensure that your `gcloud` components are up-to-date by running `gcloud components update`.
-7. Install godep:
-   ```sh
-   export GOBIN=/usr/local/go/bin
-   go get github.com/tools/godep
-   ```
-
+7. Install godep. [Instructions here](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes#installing-godep)
 8. Get the Kubernetes source:
 
         git clone https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes.git
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/vsphere.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/vsphere.md
index 28f2a19215530..e4b9fcf74d155 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/vsphere.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/vsphere.md
@@ -18,11 +18,7 @@
    go get github.com/vmware/govmomi/govc
    ```
 
-5. Install godep:
-
-   ```sh
-   go get github.com/tools/godep
-   ```
+5. Install godep. [Instructions here](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes#installing-godep)
 
 6. Get the Kubernetes source: