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@@ -46,7 +46,14 @@ or Wget:
 wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.31.3/install.sh | bash
 ```
 
-<sub>The script clones the nvm repository to `~/.nvm` and adds the source line to your profile (`~/.bash_profile`, `~/.zshrc`, `~/.profile`, or `~/.bashrc`).</sub>
+<sub>The script clones the nvm repository to `~/.nvm` and adds the following source lines to your profile (`~/.bash_profile`, `~/.zshrc`, `~/.profile`, or `~/.bashrc`).</sub>
+
+```
+export NVM_DIR="/home/user/.nvm"
+[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
+```
+
+Where 'user' in the above NVM_DIR exported path is substituted for the current logged in user.
 
 You can customize the install source, directory, profile, and version using the `NVM_SOURCE`, `NVM_DIR`, `PROFILE`, and `NODE_VERSION` variables.
 Eg: `curl ... | NVM_DIR=/usr/local/nvm bash` for a global install.