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@@ -7,8 +7,24 @@ A starter template for [LazyVim](https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim)
 This repo contains an example setup for
 [LazyVim](https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim)
 
-You can just clone this repo, or import **LazyVim** in your existing config
-as you can see here [config.lazy](https://github.com/LazyVim/starter/blob/main/lua/config/lazy.lua#L12)
+1. Make a backup of your current Neovim files:
+
+   ```sh
+   mv ~/.config/nvim ~/.config/nvim.bak
+   mv ~/.local/share/nvim ~/.local/share/nvim.bak
+   ```
+
+2. Clone the starter
+
+   ```sh
+   git clone https://github.com/LazyVim/LazyVim ~/.config/nvim
+   ```
+
+3. Start Neovim!
+
+   ```sh
+   nvim
+   ```
 
 Refer to the comments in the files on how to customize **LazyVim**.