diff --git a/docs/source/quick_start.rst b/docs/source/quick_start.rst
index d0e69cd..baf0577 100644
--- a/docs/source/quick_start.rst
+++ b/docs/source/quick_start.rst
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ You may notice that **model/__init__.py** is mostly empty.  You may wish to add
 code here to define tables, ORM definitions, and parse bindings from your 
 configuration file.
 
+Now that you've created your first Pecan application, you'll want to deploy it
+in "development mode", such that it’s available on ``sys.path``, yet can still
+be edited directly from its source checkout::
+
+    $ python setup.py develop
 
 .. _running_application: