diff --git a/pandas/guide/source/pandas_setup.rst b/pandas/guide/source/pandas_setup.rst
index d199d76..9fec400 100644
--- a/pandas/guide/source/pandas_setup.rst
+++ b/pandas/guide/source/pandas_setup.rst
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ Then, set the upstream remote, so you can fetch the updates from the pandas
 repository:
 
     | ``git remote add upstream https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas``
+    
+On how to fetch the latest updates from the pandas repository, follow the steps in `Syncing a Fork <https://help.github.com/articles/syncing-a-fork/>`_:
+    | ``git fetch upstream``
+    | ``git checkout master``
+    | ``git merge upstream/master``
+
 
 3. Set up a Python environment
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -91,8 +97,8 @@ Besides the Python `.py` files, pandas source code includes C/Cython files
 which need to be compiled in order to run the development version of pandas.
 
 .. note::
-    **Windows users**: to compile pandas, you need to install `Visual Studio 2017 <https://www.visualstudio.com/>`_. You need the Community edition as a minimum. Visual Studio Code does not support the required Build Tools and will not work.
-    Select the Python development workload and the Native development tools option.
+    **Windows users**: to compile pandas, you need to install `Visual Studio 2017 <https://www.visualstudio.com/>`_. You need Visual Studio Community 2017 (2.5GB download during installation) as a minimum. Visual Studio Code does not support the required Build Tools and will not work.
+    Select the workload "Python development" and the option "Python native development tools" on the right side.
 
     (Users of legacy Python 2.7 should install `Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7 <https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=44266>`_ instead).