diff --git a/docs/content/install.md b/docs/content/install.md
index 52e63f534..eccea9543 100644
--- a/docs/content/install.md
+++ b/docs/content/install.md
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ using the [rclone selfupdate](/commands/rclone_selfupdate/) command.
 
 To install rclone on Linux/macOS/BSD systems, run:
 
-    curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash
+    sudo -v ; curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash
 
 For beta installation, run:
 
-    curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash -s beta
+    sudo -v ; curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash -s beta
 
 Note that this script checks the version of rclone installed first and
 won't re-download if not needed.
diff --git a/docs/content/install.sh b/docs/content/install.sh
index 1b854535a..8a8242fee 100755
--- a/docs/content/install.sh
+++ b/docs/content/install.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ set -e
 #when adding a tool to the list make sure to also add its corresponding command further in the script
 unzip_tools_list=('unzip' '7z' 'busybox')
 
-usage() { echo "Usage: curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash [-s beta]" 1>&2; exit 1; }
+usage() { echo "Usage: sudo -v ; curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash [-s beta]" 1>&2; exit 1; }
 
 #check for beta flag
 if [ -n "$1" ] && [ "$1" != "beta" ]; then