diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 643f8dcc..b5f6871c 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ Installing the manual page requires the additional dependencies `gzip` and `scdo
 
 ```sh
 sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/share/man/man1
+sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/share/man/man5
 scdoc < extra/man/alacritty.1.scd | gzip -c | sudo tee /usr/local/share/man/man1/alacritty.1.gz > /dev/null
 scdoc < extra/man/alacritty-msg.1.scd | gzip -c | sudo tee /usr/local/share/man/man1/alacritty-msg.1.gz > /dev/null
 scdoc < extra/man/alacritty.5.scd | gzip -c | sudo tee /usr/local/share/man/man5/alacritty.5.gz > /dev/null