diff --git a/docs/Makefile.am b/docs/Makefile.am
index 4c2905a55ab..9083e02bb87 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/Makefile.am
@@ -962,8 +962,8 @@ $(builddir)/schizo-ompi-rst-content/schizo-ompi-cli.rstxt: $(OMPI_SCHIZO_OMPI_RS
 else
 $(builddir)/schizo-ompi-rst-content/schizo-ompi-cli.rstxt: $(builddir)/schizo-ompi-rst-content
 $(builddir)/schizo-ompi-rst-content/schizo-ompi-cli.rstxt: $(srcdir)/no-prrte-content.rst.txt
-	dir=`dirname $@`; if test ! -d "$$dir"; then mkdir "$$dir"; fi
 	$(OMPI_V_SPHINX_COPYRST) \
+	dir=`dirname $@`; if test ! -d "$$dir"; then mkdir "$$dir"; fi; \
 	cp -pf $(srcdir)/no-prrte-content.rst.txt "$@"
 endif
 
diff --git a/docs/installing-open-mpi/downloading.rst b/docs/installing-open-mpi/downloading.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8eb13771dd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/installing-open-mpi/downloading.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+
+.. _building-open-mpi-downloading-label:
+
+Downloading Open MPI
+====================
+
+Open MPI is generally available two ways:
+
+#. As source code.
+
+   * The best place to get an official Open MPI source code
+     distribution is from `the main Open MPI web site
+     <https://www.open-mpi.org/>`_.
+
+   * Downstream Open MPI packagers (e.g., Linux distributions)
+     sometimes also provide source code distributions.  They may
+     include additional patches or modifications.
+
+     Consult your favorite downstream packager for more details.
+     
+   .. caution:: Do **not** download an Open MPI source code tarball
+               from GitHub.com.  The tarballs automatically generated
+               by GitHub.com are incomplete and will not build
+               properly.
+
+               GitHub.com-generated tarballs are **not** official Open
+               MPI releases.
+
+#. As binary packages.
+
+   * The Open MPI community does not provide binary packages on `the
+     main Open MPI web site <https://www.open-mpi.org/>`_.
+
+   * Various downstream packagers (e.g., Linux distributions,
+     Homebrew, MacPorts, etc.) *do* provide pre-built, binary packages
+     for Open MPI.
+
+     Consult your favorite downstream packager for more details.
+
+The majority of the rest of this section deals with installing Open
+MPI from source.
diff --git a/docs/installing-open-mpi/index.rst b/docs/installing-open-mpi/index.rst
index ae5242e7d56..ee6f1f10db2 100644
--- a/docs/installing-open-mpi/index.rst
+++ b/docs/installing-open-mpi/index.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Building and installing Open MPI
    :maxdepth: 1
 
    quickstart
+   downloading
    supported-systems
    definitions
    filesystem-requirements
diff --git a/docs/installing-open-mpi/quickstart.rst b/docs/installing-open-mpi/quickstart.rst
index 8e940721a62..53ca0b2838f 100644
--- a/docs/installing-open-mpi/quickstart.rst
+++ b/docs/installing-open-mpi/quickstart.rst
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ packages:
 Building from source
 --------------------
 
+Download the Open MPI source code from `the main Open MPI web site
+<https://www.open-mpi.org/>`_.
+
+.. caution:: Do **not** download an Open MPI source code tarball from
+             GitHub.com.  The tarballs automatically generated by
+             GitHub.com are incomplete and will not build properly.
+             They are **not** official Open MPI releases.
+
 Open MPI uses a traditional ``configure`` script paired with ``make``
 to build.  Typical installs can be of the pattern: