diff --git a/docs/plugins/plugin-script.asciidoc b/docs/plugins/plugin-script.asciidoc
index 8b72509c057a8..e2ba613626536 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/plugin-script.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/plugins/plugin-script.asciidoc
@@ -64,20 +64,40 @@ sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin install [url] <1>
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 <1> must be a valid URL, the plugin name is determined from its descriptor.
 
-For instance, to install a plugin from your local file system, you could run:
-
+Unix::
++
+To install a plugin from your local file system at `/path/to/plugin.zip`, you could run:
++
 [source,shell]
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 sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin install file:///path/to/plugin.zip
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+Windows::
++
+To install a plugin from your local file system at `C:\path\to\plugin.zip`, you could run:
++
+[source,shell]
+-----------------------------------
+bin\elasticsearch-plugin install file:///C:/path/to/plugin.zip
+-----------------------------------
++
+NOTE: Any path that contains spaces must be wrapped in quotes! 
+
+HTTP::
++
+[source,shell]
+-----------------------------------
+sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin install http://some.domain/path/to/plugin.zip
+-----------------------------------
++
 The plugin script will refuse to talk to an HTTPS URL with an untrusted
 certificate. To use a self-signed HTTPS cert, you will need to add the CA cert
 to a local Java truststore and pass the location to the script as follows:
-
++
 [source,shell]
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-sudo ES_JAVA_OPTS="-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=/path/to/trustStore.jks" bin/elasticsearch-plugin install https://....
+sudo ES_JAVA_OPTS="-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=/path/to/trustStore.jks" bin/elasticsearch-plugin install https://host/plugin.zip
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