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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/serialization.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/serialization.rst
index 89028c8e..b94c0e10 100644
--- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/serialization.rst
+++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/serialization.rst
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ all begin with ``-----BEGIN {format}-----`` and end with ``-----END
.. versionadded:: 0.6
Deserialize a public key from PEM encoded data to one of the supported
- asymmetric public key types.
+ asymmetric public key types. The PEM encoded data is typically a
+ ``subjectPublicKeyInfo`` payload as specified in :rfc:`5280`.
.. doctest::
@@ -226,7 +227,8 @@ the rest.
.. versionadded:: 0.8
Deserialize a public key from DER encoded data to one of the supported
- asymmetric public key types.
+ asymmetric public key types. The DER encoded data is typically a
+ ``subjectPublicKeyInfo`` payload as specified in :rfc:`5280`.
:param bytes data: The DER encoded key data.
diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index c74efd62..f9d2261a 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ Building cryptography on OS X
-----------------------------
The wheel package on OS X is a statically linked build (as of 1.0.1) so for
-users on 10.10 (Yosemite) and above you only need one step:
+users with pip 1.5 or above you only need one step:
.. code-block:: console
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ users on 10.10 (Yosemite) and above you only need one step:
If you want to build cryptography yourself or are on an older OS X version
cryptography requires the presence of a C compiler, development headers, and
the proper libraries. On OS X much of this is provided by Apple's Xcode
-development tools. To install the Xcode command line tools open a terminal
-window and run:
+development tools. To install the Xcode command line tools (on OS X 10.9+)
+open a terminal window and run:
.. code-block:: console