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 Visit the [Servo Project page](https://servo.org/) for news and guides.
 
 ## Getting Servo
+
 ``` sh
 git clone https://github.com/servo/servo
 cd servo
 ```
-Your CARGO_HOME needs to point to (or be in) the same drive as your Servo repository (See [#28530](https://github.com/servo/servo/issues/28530)).
+
+ - Your CARGO_HOME needs to point to (or be in) the same drive as your 
+   Servo repository ([#28530](https://github.com/servo/servo/issues/28530)).
+ - The Servo repository is big! If you have an unreliable network connection, consider
+   [making a shallow clone](https://github.blog/2020-12-21-get-up-to-speed-with-partial-clone-and-shallow-clone/).
+
 
 ## Build Setup