diff --git a/docs/source/installation.rst b/docs/source/installation.rst
index fa8a584b..b4682d45 100644
--- a/docs/source/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/source/installation.rst
@@ -37,6 +37,19 @@ Generic requirements
     Until mercurial and bazaar support Python-3 or PyPy powerline will not 
     support repository information when running in these interpreters.
 
+.. _repository-root:
+
+.. note::
+   When using ``pip`` ``{repository_root}`` directory referenced in 
+   documentation may be found using ``pip show powerline-status``. In the output 
+   of ``pip show`` there is a line like ``Location: {path}``, that ``{path}`` is 
+   ``{repository_root}``. Unless it is ``--editable`` installation this is only 
+   applicable for ``{repository_root}/powerline/…`` paths: something like 
+   ``{repository_root}/scripts/powerline-render`` is not present.
+
+   When using other packages referenced paths may not exist, in this case refer 
+   to package documentation.
+
 Pip installation
 ================
 
diff --git a/docs/source/usage/other.rst b/docs/source/usage/other.rst
index c160339f..e08c0632 100644
--- a/docs/source/usage/other.rst
+++ b/docs/source/usage/other.rst
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ If the repository was just cloned the following line needs to be added to the
    set rtp+={repository_root}/powerline/bindings/vim
 
 where ``{repository_root}`` is the absolute path to the Powerline installation 
-directory.
+directory (see :ref:`repository root <repository-root>`).
 
 If pathogen is used and Powerline functionality is not needed outside of Vim 
 then it is possible to simply add Powerline as a bundle and point the path above 
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ Tmux statusline
 ===============
 
 Add the following lines to :file:`.tmux.conf`, where ``{repository_root}`` is 
-the absolute path to the Powerline installation directory::
+the absolute path to the Powerline installation directory (see :ref:`repository 
+root <repository-root>`)::
 
    source "{repository_root}/powerline/bindings/tmux/powerline.conf"
 
diff --git a/docs/source/usage/shell-prompts.rst b/docs/source/usage/shell-prompts.rst
index c47d8399..2ad85365 100644
--- a/docs/source/usage/shell-prompts.rst
+++ b/docs/source/usage/shell-prompts.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ Bash prompt
 ===========
 
 Add the following line to the :file:`bashrc`, where ``{repository_root}`` is the 
-absolute path to the Powerline installation directory:
+absolute path to the Powerline installation directory (see :ref:`repository root 
+<repository-root>`):
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
@@ -48,7 +49,8 @@ Zsh prompt
 ==========
 
 Add the following line to the :file:`zshrc`, where ``{repository_root}`` is the 
-absolute path to the Powerline installation directory:
+absolute path to the Powerline installation directory (see :ref:`repository root 
+<repository-root>`):
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
@@ -58,7 +60,8 @@ Fish prompt
 ===========
 
 Add the following line to :file:`config.fish`, where ``{repository_root}`` is 
-the absolute path to the Powerline installation directory:
+the absolute path to the Powerline installation directory (see :ref:`repository 
+root <repository-root>`):
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
@@ -77,9 +80,10 @@ many \*nix distributions. To use it add
 
    . {repository_root}/powerline/bindings/rc/powerline.rc
 
-to :file:`rcrc` file (usually :file:`~/.rcrc`) and make sure ``rc`` is started 
-as a login shell (with ``-l`` argument): otherwise this configuration file is 
-not read.
+(``{repository_root}`` is the absolute path to the Powerline installation 
+directory, see :ref:`repository root <repository-root>`) to :file:`rcrc` file 
+(usually :file:`~/.rcrc`) and make sure ``rc`` is started as a login shell (with 
+``-l`` argument): otherwise this configuration file is not read.
 
 .. warning::
    Original Plan9 shell and its \*nix port are not supported because they are 
@@ -97,6 +101,9 @@ After launching busybox run the following command:
 
    . {repository_root}/powerline/bindings/shell/powerline.sh
 
+where ``{repository_root}`` is the absolute path to the Powerline installation 
+directory (see :ref:`repository root <repository-root>`).
+
 Mksh users may put this line into ``~/.mkshrc`` file. Dash users may use the 
 following in ``~/.profile``:
 
diff --git a/docs/source/usage/wm-widgets.rst b/docs/source/usage/wm-widgets.rst
index 5d4f2f95..6c0806e2 100644
--- a/docs/source/usage/wm-widgets.rst
+++ b/docs/source/usage/wm-widgets.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ Awesome widget
    background and updates the statusline with ``awesome-client``.
 
 Add the following to :file:`rc.lua`, where ``{repository_root}`` is the absolute 
-path to Powerline installation directory:
+path to Powerline installation directory (see :ref:`repository root 
+<repository-root>`):
 
 .. code-block:: lua