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@@ -28,14 +28,21 @@ sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ente-io/ente/main/server/q
 > For more details about what this does, see [the quickstart
 > README](https://github.com/ente-io/ente/blob/main/server/docs/quickstart.md).
 
-That's about it. If you open http://localhost:3000, you will be able to create
-an account on a Ente Photos web app running on your machine, and this web app
-will be connecting to the server running on your local machine at
-`localhost:8080`. The verification code will be shown in the server logs.
+That's about it. If you open http://localhost:3000 from the machine where the server is running, you will be able to create
+an account on a Ente Photos web app. This web app will be connecting to the server running on your local machine at `localhost:8080`.
 
-For the mobile or desktop apps, you don't even need to build, and can install
-normal Ente apps and configure them to use your
-[custom self-hosted server](guides/custom-server/).
+To complete your account registration you need to enter a 6-digit verification code. Open the server log with the following command from inside the `my-ente` folder:
+```sh
+sudo docker compose logs
+```
+
+Find the code at the end of a message that resembles the following:
+```sh
+museum    | INFO[0102]email.go:130 sendViaTransmail Skipping sending email to email@example.com: *Verification code: 112089*
+```
+
+There are [prebuilt apps](https://ente.io/download) for iPad, iPhone, Android, Linux, Mac, and Windows.
+These can easily be configured to use your [custom self-hosted server](guides/custom-server/).
 
 ## Getting started - From source