diff --git a/.devcontainer/welcome-message.txt b/.devcontainer/welcome-message.txt
index b93209b1..1e8b779f 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/welcome-message.txt
+++ b/.devcontainer/welcome-message.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 🛠️  Your environment is setup with all the required dependencies and your fork has been added as a remote.
 
-🚀  To start coding, wait for the "postCreateCommand" to finish setting things up, then:
-    - make sure the virtualenv is activated by running `. .venv/bin/activate`
+🚀  To start coding:
+    - make sure the virtualenv is activated by running `. .venv/bin/activate` or relaunching the terminal
     - run `git checkout -b your-branch-name origin/{main-or-latest-release}` to start working on a new feature or bug fix
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index 178786cc..e6550a36 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -72,8 +72,9 @@ First time setup using GitHub Codespaces
 
 `GitHub Codespaces`_ allow you to create an instant and dedicated
 development environment. Codespaces open by default in Visual Studio
-Code for the web. Codespaces created from Flask are configured with
-a `devcontainer`_ that installs required dependencies for you.
+Code for the Web, but also work in the desktop app. Codespaces created
+from Flask are configured with a `devcontainer`_ that installs required
+dependencies for you.
 
 -   Make sure you have a `GitHub account`_.
 -   Fork Flask to your GitHub account by clicking the `Fork`_ button.