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@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ The basic use of ``cmd2`` is identical to that of cmd_.
The tab-completion feature provided by cmd_ relies on underlying capability provided by GNU readline or an
equivalent library. Linux distros will almost always come with the required library installed.
- For Mac OS X, we recommend using the `Homebrew <https://brew.sh>`_ package manager to install the ``readline`` package.
+ For macOS, we recommend using the `Homebrew <https://brew.sh>`_ package manager to install the ``readline`` package;
+ alternatively for macOS the ``conda`` package manager that comes with the Anaconda Python distro can be used to
+ install ``readline`` (preferably from conda-forge).
For Windows, we recommend installing the `pyreadline <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyreadline>`_ Python module.
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