diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 84ce194d5..a23c2fead 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -441,6 +441,31 @@ FAQ
         gem uninstall pygments.rb --version "=0.5.2"
         gem install pygments.rb --version "=0.5.0"
 
+*   *What do I do if I see a `File not found: u'nbconvert'` when I run `make check`?*
+    <br/>
+    The output of `make check` looks like this:
+    
+        WARNING: Unrecognized alias: 'output', it will probably have no effect.[TerminalIPythonApp] File not found: u'nbconvert'
+        cp tmp/python/novice/01-numpy.html _site/python/novice/01-numpy.html
+        cp: cannot stat ‘tmp/python/novice/01-numpy.html’: No such file or directory
+    
+    This means you don't have a recent enough version of IPython (below 1.0) and you should install a newer version.
+    Installing a local version can be done with:
+    
+        pip install --upgrade --user ipython
+
+    You might need `pip` that can be installed (under Ubuntu and alike) with:
+    
+        sudo apt-get install python-pip
+
+*   *What if I get some missing packages messages when I run `make check`?*
+    <br/>
+    Some additional packages are required. They can be installed (under Ubuntu and alike) with:
+    
+        sudo apt-get install pandoc jinja2
+
+    Installation of `jinja2` can also be carried on using `pip`.
+
 *   *Where should pages go if multiple boot camps are running at a site simultaneously?*
     <br/>
     Use subdirectories like `2013-07-01-esu/beginners`,
diff --git a/git/novice/guide.md b/git/novice/guide.md
index b8b9bbd11..e12c9dba8 100644
--- a/git/novice/guide.md
+++ b/git/novice/guide.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Version control might be the most important topic we teach,
 but Git is definitely the most complicated tool.
 However,
 GitHub presently dominates the open software forge landscape,
-so we have help novices learn just enough Git
+so we have to help novices learn just enough Git
 to feel they can and should learn more on their own.
 
 This is why we don't teach branching: