diff --git a/doc/src/Install_git.txt b/doc/src/Install_git.txt
index 80ec3e34785a09bba8d0274920ca1b1869a0be0e..bae5bef94f2c72aa71bc2d7339dfe6597cefaa5a 100644
--- a/doc/src/Install_git.txt
+++ b/doc/src/Install_git.txt
@@ -48,15 +48,8 @@ your machine and "unstable" is one of the 3 branches listed above.
between them at any time using "git checkout <branch name>".)
Once the command completes, your directory will contain the same files
-as if you unpacked a current LAMMPS tarball, with two exceptions:
-
-1) No LAMMPS packages are initially installed in the src dir (a few
-packages are installed by default in the tarball src dir). You can
-install whichever packages you wish before building LAMMPS; type "make
-package" from the src dir to see the options, and the
-"Packages"_Packages.html doc page for a discussion of packages.
-
-2) The HTML documentation files are not included. They can be fetched
+as if you unpacked a current LAMMPS tarball, with the exception, that
+the HTML documentation files are not included. They can be fetched
from the LAMMPS website by typing "make fetch" in the doc directory.
Or they can be generated from the content provided in doc/src by
typing "make html" from the the doc directory.
diff --git a/doc/src/Install_svn.txt b/doc/src/Install_svn.txt
index 7a0211ab65fa39a41985e74198f7a7cdd145b0b2..84a46865f3361d8ca13e12d2e762a2b20e5c382d 100644
--- a/doc/src/Install_svn.txt
+++ b/doc/src/Install_svn.txt
@@ -36,15 +36,8 @@ where "mylammps" is the name of the directory you wish to create on
your machine.
Once the command completes, your directory will contain the same files
-as if you unpacked a current LAMMPS tarball, with two exceptions:
-
-1) No LAMMPS packages are initially installed in the src dir (a few
-packages are installed by default in the tarball src dir). You can
-install whichever packages you wish before building LAMMPS; type "make
-package" from the src dir to see the options, and the
-"Packages"_Packages.html doc page for a discussion of packages.
-
-2) The HTML documentation files are not included. They can be fetched
+as if you unpacked a current LAMMPS tarball, with the exception, that
+the HTML documentation files are not included. They can be fetched
from the LAMMPS website by typing "make fetch" in the doc directory.
Or they can be generated from the content provided in doc/src by
typing "make html" from the the doc directory.
diff --git a/doc/src/kspace_style.txt b/doc/src/kspace_style.txt
index 049c3aa558d5b35218389fe7955e0a84905217fc..e1f799a6c9c632dffde46d3b63f786e4f003f49d 100644
--- a/doc/src/kspace_style.txt
+++ b/doc/src/kspace_style.txt
@@ -370,8 +370,7 @@ of these styles.
All of the kspace styles are part of the KSPACE package. They are
only enabled if LAMMPS was built with that package. See the "Build
-package"_Build_package.html doc page for more info. Note that the
-KSPACE package is installed by default.
+package"_Build_package.html doc page for more info.
For MSM, a simulation must be 3d and one can use any combination of
periodic, non-periodic, or shrink-wrapped boundaries (specified using
diff --git a/doc/src/pair_buck_long.txt b/doc/src/pair_buck_long.txt
index 7f3a959ad620a39db19c466ad7012b6412740cc6..ff27f6b0056698f2737ec57afc2e90f47e5da623 100644
--- a/doc/src/pair_buck_long.txt
+++ b/doc/src/pair_buck_long.txt
@@ -154,8 +154,7 @@ details.
This style is part of the KSPACE package. It is only enabled if
LAMMPS was built with that package. See the "Build
-package"_Build_package.html doc page for more info. Note that the
-KSPACE package is installed by default.
+package"_Build_package.html doc page for more info.
[Related commands:]
diff --git a/doc/src/pair_charmm.txt b/doc/src/pair_charmm.txt
index 7f0104266c1cdedf994233a618c1f0cb54b03bbb..f5344b752f7b30de8e11245341673dc51591a94f 100644
--- a/doc/src/pair_charmm.txt
+++ b/doc/src/pair_charmm.txt
@@ -249,8 +249,7 @@ All the styles with {coul/charmm} or {coul/charmmfsh} styles are part
of the MOLECULE package. All the styles with {coul/long} style are
part of the KSPACE package. They are only enabled if LAMMPS was built
with those packages. See the "Build package"_Build_package.html doc
-page for more info. Note that the MOLECULE and KSPACE packages are
-installed by default.
+page for more info.
[Related commands:]
diff --git a/doc/src/pair_fep_soft.txt b/doc/src/pair_fep_soft.txt
index 39f5deeddc7c544a39760d646c87b3b64ccb9add..d5e848cd1e86d6afde83c49a7d565ba857529b39 100644
--- a/doc/src/pair_fep_soft.txt
+++ b/doc/src/pair_fep_soft.txt
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ USER-FEP package. The {long} versions also require the KSPACE package to be
installed. The soft {tip4p} versions also require the MOLECULE package to be
installed. These styles are only enabled if LAMMPS was built with those
packages. See the "Build package"_Build_package.html doc page for more
-info. Note that the KSPACE and MOLECULE packages are installed by default.
+info.
[Related commands:]
diff --git a/doc/src/pair_lj.txt b/doc/src/pair_lj.txt
index 1da2988df84ebad2e59f4e832fa7c4924d56b135..8dce8383e5db0e91d920c37a54b43d668f44a9d2 100644
--- a/doc/src/pair_lj.txt
+++ b/doc/src/pair_lj.txt
@@ -329,8 +329,7 @@ The {lj/cut/coul/long} and {lj/cut/tip4p/long} styles are part of the
KSPACE package. The {lj/cut/tip4p/cut} style is part of the MOLECULE
package. These styles are only enabled if LAMMPS was built with those
packages. See the "Build package"_Build_package.html doc page for
-more info. Note that the KSPACE and MOLECULE packages are installed
-by default.
+more info.
[Related commands:]
diff --git a/doc/src/pair_lj_long.txt b/doc/src/pair_lj_long.txt
index bc6b78f108de302acc9a39063f99920e4dcb2e2c..4e8410d062069aa8f40470d742a8f15c906bea84 100644
--- a/doc/src/pair_lj_long.txt
+++ b/doc/src/pair_lj_long.txt
@@ -219,8 +219,7 @@ different levels of the rRESPA hierarchy. See the
These styles are part of the KSPACE package. They are only enabled if
LAMMPS was built with that package. See the "Build
-package"_Build_package.html doc page for more info. Note that the
-KSPACE package is installed by default.
+package"_Build_package.html doc page for more info.
[Related commands:]