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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2b4eeb19b..6c9435b53 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ for Ubuntu and Debian systems:
% cd utils
% ./install_server.sh
+_Note_: `install_server.sh` will not work on Mac OSX; it is built for Linux only.
+
The script will ask you a few questions and will setup everything you need
to run Redis properly as a background daemon that will start again on
system reboots.
diff --git a/utils/install_server.sh b/utils/install_server.sh
index 7eb341417..8e5753bc6 100755
--- a/utils/install_server.sh
+++ b/utils/install_server.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
#
# /!\ This script should be run as root
#
+# NOTE: This script will not work on Mac OSX.
+# It supports Debian and Ubuntu Linux.
+#
################################################################################
die () {