Rephrase installation instructions

Make it a bit more clear that the goal is to just download the get-pip.py file and that the curl command is not required
pypa · Oct 16, 2019 · 3b8e2f3 · 3b8e2f3
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diff --git a/docs/html/installing.rst b/docs/html/installing.rst
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@ Just make sure to :ref:`upgrade pip <Upgrading pip>`.
 Installing with get-pip.py
 --------------------------
 
-To install pip, securely download `get-pip.py
-<https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py>`_. [1]_::
+To install pip, securely [1]_ download ``get-pip.py`` by following
+this link: `get-pip.py
+<https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py>`_. Alternatively, use ``curl``::
 
  curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
 
-Then run the following::
+Then run the following command in the folder where you
+have downloaded ``get-pip.py``::
 
  python get-pip.py
 

diff --git a/news/7222.doc b/news/7222.doc
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+Add more clear installation instructions