diff --git a/firmware/README b/firmware/README
index 54f14c12..8235e816 100644
--- a/firmware/README
+++ b/firmware/README
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ If you have a Jawbreaker, add -DBOARD=JAWBREAKER to the cmake command.
 If you have a rad1o, use -DBOARD=RAD1O instead.
 
 If you get the "`arm-none-eabi-gcc` is not a full path and was not found in the PATH"
-error during `cmake ..`, install the package with `sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-none-eabi`.
+error during `cmake ..`, install the
+[ARM GNU toolchain](https://developer.arm.com/Tools%20and%20Software/GNU%20Toolchain).
+This toolchain is pre-packaged on many platforms and distributions, e.g. on Debian/Ubuntu
+you can run `sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-none-eabi` to install it.
 
 If you get the "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'yaml'" error during `make`,
 run `pip install pyyaml` to install the Python yaml pip package.