From 8c53af6ae578eb6a731fd59ab23389546aa7ce4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erick Zhao <erick@hotmail.ca>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2023 15:36:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] chore: undocument `npm install -g` (#3314)

---
 README.md                                               | 9 ---------
 packages/api/core/src/api/init-scripts/find-template.ts | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 34d3fd64d6..415a3d4528 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,15 +50,6 @@ cd my-new-app
 npm start
 ```
 
-Alternatively (less recommended):
-
-```bash
-npm install -g @electron-forge/cli
-electron-forge init my-new-app
-cd my-new-app
-npm start
-```
-
 For more information on creating a new project from a template, [see our CLI documentation](https://www.electronforge.io/cli).
 
 # Docs and Usage
diff --git a/packages/api/core/src/api/init-scripts/find-template.ts b/packages/api/core/src/api/init-scripts/find-template.ts
index 17d25d8e79..cd9cef7058 100644
--- a/packages/api/core/src/api/init-scripts/find-template.ts
+++ b/packages/api/core/src/api/init-scripts/find-template.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export const findTemplate = async (dir: string, template: string): Promise<Forge
     }
   }
   if (!foundTemplate) {
-    throw new Error(`Failed to locate custom template: "${template}"\n\nTry \`npm install -g @electron-forge/template-${template}\``);
+    throw new Error(`Failed to locate custom template: "${template}".`);
   }
 
   d(`found template module at: ${templateModulePath}`);