diff --git a/docs/installing.md b/docs/installing.md
index 5c2154941..41d66d9c3 100644
--- a/docs/installing.md
+++ b/docs/installing.md
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ As you have configured your brand new server and the client, you need to **creat
 
 After creating the user account, you can log in to it with [Element Web](configuring-playbook-client-element-web.md) that this playbook has installed for you at this URL: `https://element.example.com/`.
 
-To create your user account via this Ansible playbook, run the command below on your local computer.
+To create your user account (as an administrator of the server) via this Ansible playbook, run the command below on your local computer.
 
 **Notes**:
 - Make sure to adjust `YOUR_USERNAME_HERE` and `YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE`
diff --git a/docs/quick-start.md b/docs/quick-start.md
index 509ff9b44..50564a05c 100644
--- a/docs/quick-start.md
+++ b/docs/quick-start.md
@@ -129,12 +129,11 @@ Wait until the command completes. If it's all green, everything should be runnin
 
 As you have configured your brand new server and the client, you need to **create your user account** on your Matrix server.
 
-To create your user account via this Ansible playbook, run the command below on your local computer.
+To create your user account (as an administrator of the server) via this Ansible playbook, run the command below on your local computer.
 
 **Notes**:
 - Make sure to adjust `YOUR_USERNAME_HERE` and `YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE`
 - For `YOUR_USERNAME_HERE`, use a plain username like `john`, not your full identifier (`@user:example.com`)
-- Use `admin=yes` to make your user account an administrator of the Matrix server
 
 ```sh
 ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --extra-vars='username=YOUR_USERNAME_HERE password=YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE admin=yes' --tags=register-user
@@ -142,6 +141,10 @@ ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --extra-vars='username=YOUR_USERNA
 # Example: ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --extra-vars='username=john password=secret-password admin=yes' --tags=register-user
 ```
 
+<!--
+NOTE: detailed instruction to add users can be found on docs/registering-users.md and installing.md, which include a note about usage of admin=yes and admin=no variables. In order to keep this guide as reasonably short as possible, let's not repeat the same instruction here.
+-->
+
 ## Finalize server installation
 
 <sup>This section is optimized for this quick-start guide and is derived from the following full-documentation page: [Server Delegation](howto-server-delegation.md)</sup>