diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/README.md b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/README.md
index e0d8bc09..40691b43 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/README.md
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb-base/README.md
@@ -12,15 +12,41 @@ We export two ESLint configurations for your usage.
 
 Our default export contains all of our ESLint rules, including ECMAScript 6+. It requires `eslint` and `eslint-plugin-import`.
 
-1. `PKG=eslint-config-airbnb-base npm info "$PKG" peerDependencies --json | command sed 's/[\{\},]//g ; s/: /@/g' | xargs npm install --save-dev "$PKG"` (which produces and runs a command like `npm install --save-dev eslint-config-airbnb-base eslint@^3.0.1 eslint-plugin-import@^1.10.3` but with whatever the proper version numbers are)
-2. add `"extends": "airbnb-base"` to your .eslintrc
+1. Ensure packages are installed with correct version numbers by running:
+  ```sh
+  (
+    export PKG=eslint-config-airbnb-base;
+    npm info "$PKG" peerDependencies --json | command sed 's/[\{\},]//g ; s/: /@/g' | xargs npm install --save-dev "$PKG"
+  )
+  ```
+
+  Which produces and runs a command like:
+
+  ```sh
+    npm install --save-dev eslint-config-airbnb-base eslint@^3.0.1 eslint-plugin-import@^1.10.3
+  ```
+
+2. Add `"extends": "airbnb-base"` to your .eslintrc
 
 ### eslint-config-airbnb-base/legacy
 
 Lints ES5 and below. Requires `eslint` and `eslint-plugin-import`.
 
-1. `PKG=eslint-config-airbnb-base npm info "$PKG" peerDependencies --json | command sed 's/[\{\},]//g ; s/: /@/g' | xargs npm install --save-dev "$PKG"` (which produces and runs a command like `npm install --save-dev eslint-config-airbnb-base eslint@^3.0.1 eslint-plugin-import@^1.10.3` but with whatever the proper version numbers are)
-2. add `"extends": "airbnb-base/legacy"` to your .eslintrc
+1. Ensure packages are installed with correct version numbers by running:
+  ```sh
+  (
+    export PKG=eslint-config-airbnb-base;
+    npm info "$PKG" peerDependencies --json | command sed 's/[\{\},]//g ; s/: /@/g' | xargs npm install --save-dev "$PKG"
+  )
+  ```
+
+  Which produces and runs a command like:
+
+  ```sh
+  npm install --save-dev eslint-config-airbnb-base eslint@^3.0.1 eslint-plugin-import@^1.10.3
+  ```
+
+2. Add `"extends": "airbnb-base/legacy"` to your .eslintrc
 
 See [Airbnb's overarching ESLint config](https://npmjs.com/eslint-config-airbnb), [Airbnb's Javascript styleguide](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript), and the [ESlint config docs](http://eslint.org/docs/user-guide/configuring#extending-configuration-files) for more information.
 
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/README.md b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/README.md
index afcf9021..a96a9fe1 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/README.md
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-airbnb/README.md
@@ -12,9 +12,21 @@ We export three ESLint configurations for your usage.
 
 Our default export contains all of our ESLint rules, including ECMAScript 6+ and React. It requires `eslint`, `eslint-plugin-import`, `eslint-plugin-react`, and `eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y`.
 
-1. `PKG=eslint-config-airbnb npm info "$PKG" peerDependencies --json | command sed 's/[\{\},]//g ; s/: /@/g' | xargs npm install --save-dev "$PKG"` (which produces and runs a command like `npm install --save-dev eslint-config-airbnb eslint@^2.9.0 eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y@^1.2.0 eslint-plugin-import@^1.7.0 eslint-plugin-react@^5.0.1` but with whatever the proper version numbers are)
-2. add `"extends": "airbnb"` to your .eslintrc
+1. Ensure packages are installed with correct version numbers by running:
+  ```sh
+  (
+    export PKG=eslint-config-airbnb;
+    npm info "$PKG" peerDependencies --json | command sed 's/[\{\},]//g ; s/: /@/g' | xargs npm install --save-dev "$PKG"
+  )
+  ```
 
+  Which produces and runs a command like:
+
+  ```sh
+  npm install --save-dev eslint-config-airbnb eslint@^2.9.0 eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y@^1.2.0 eslint-plugin-import@^1.7.0 eslint-plugin-react@^5.0.1
+  ```
+
+2. Add `"extends": "airbnb"` to your .eslintrc
 ### eslint-config-airbnb/base
 
 This entry point is deprecated. See [eslint-config-airbnb-base](https://npmjs.com/eslint-config-airbnb-base).