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 ## Setting up Fauxton
 
-Please note that a recent installation of [node.js](http://nodejs.org/) and npm is required.
+Please note that [node.js](http://nodejs.org/) and npm is required. Speciifcally, Fauxton requires at least Node 6 and npm 3.
 
 1. make sure you have CouchDB installed. Instructions on how to install it can be  
 [found here](http://couchdb.readthedocs.org/en/latest/install/index.html)