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@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ Install HLS along with the following emacs packages:
 
 Make sure to follow the instructions in the README of each of these packages.
 
+Install [use-package](https://github.com/jwiegley/use-package), and add the following to your .emacs
 ``` emacs-lisp
 (use-package lsp-haskell
  :ensure t