diff --git a/docs/source/installation/troubleshooting-common.rst b/docs/source/installation/troubleshooting-common.rst
index bbc40d27..31799d11 100644
--- a/docs/source/installation/troubleshooting-common.rst
+++ b/docs/source/installation/troubleshooting-common.rst
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ I'm using tmux and Powerline looks like crap, what's wrong?
 * If you're using iTerm2, make sure that you have enabled the setting 
   :guilabel:`Set locale variables automatically` in :menuselection:`Profiles 
   --> Terminal --> Environment`.
-* Check to ensure that ``POWERLINE_BINDINGS_DIR`` is properly defined in your
-  ``.tmux.conf`` file as indicated in the :ref:`tmux usage <tmux-statusline>`
 
 I’m using tmux/screen and Powerline is colorless
 ------------------------------------------------
@@ -20,9 +18,6 @@ I’m using tmux/screen and Powerline is colorless
 * Alternative: set :ref:`additional_escapes <config-common-additional_escapes>` 
   to ``"tmux"`` or ``"screen"``. Note that it is known to work perfectly in 
   screen, but in tmux it may produce ugly spaces.
-* For ``tmux``, check to ensure that ``POWERLINE_BINDINGS_DIR`` is properly
-  defined in your ``.tmux.conf`` file as indicated in the :ref:`tmux usage
-  <tmux-statusline>`
 
 
 After an update something stopped working
diff --git a/docs/source/overview.rst b/docs/source/overview.rst
index a0c7eaf7..f681e65b 100644
--- a/docs/source/overview.rst
+++ b/docs/source/overview.rst
@@ -169,13 +169,15 @@ is the absolute path to your Powerline installation directory:
 Tmux statusline
 ---------------
 
-Add the following lines to your :file:`.tmux.conf`, where ``{repository_root}``
-is the absolute path to your Powerline installation directory (please note that
-the definition of the ``POWERLINE_BINDINGS_DIR`` variable is required for full
-powerline support)::
+Add the following lines to your :file:`.tmux.conf`, where ``{repository_root}`` 
+is the absolute path to your Powerline installation directory::
 
-   POWERLINE_BINDINGS_DIR="{repository_root}/powerline/bindings"
-   source "$POWERLINE_BINDINGS_DIR/tmux/powerline.conf"
+   source "{repository_root}/tmux/powerline.conf"
+
+.. note::
+    The availability of the ``powerline-config`` command is required for 
+    powerline support. You may specify location of this script via 
+    ``$POWERLINE_CONFIG_COMMAND`` environment variable.
 
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