diff --git a/INSTALL.asciidoc b/INSTALL.asciidoc
index ad4b8446f..1c330c79e 100644
--- a/INSTALL.asciidoc
+++ b/INSTALL.asciidoc
@@ -97,8 +97,9 @@ qutebrowser is available in the official [community] repository.
 # pacman -S qutebrowser
 ----
 
-It's also recommended to install `qt5-webkit-ng` or `qt5-webengine` (and start
-with `--backend webengine`) to use an up-to-date backend.
+Archlinux packages an updated `qt5-webkit` package by default. If you want to
+use the QtWebEngine backend instead, install `qt5-webengine` and start with
+`--backend webengine`.
 
 There is also a -git version available in the AUR:
 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/qutebrowser-git/[qutebrowser-git].
diff --git a/qutebrowser/html/backend-warning.html b/qutebrowser/html/backend-warning.html
index bf35aca93..ffff0e59b 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/html/backend-warning.html
+++ b/qutebrowser/html/backend-warning.html
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ the <span class="mono">qute://settings</span> page or caret browsing).</span>
     There are unofficial QtWebKit-NG packages <a href="http://repo.paretje.be/unstable/">available</a>, but they are intended for Debian Unstable.
     {{ please_open_issue() }}
 {% elif distribution.parsed in [Distribution.arch, Distribution.manjaro] %}
-    You should be able to install <span class="mono">qt5-webkit-ng</span> via <span class="mono">pacman</span>.
+    With an updated <span class="mono">qt5-webkit</span> package, you should already get QtWebKit-NG.
 {% elif distribution.parsed == Distribution.gentoo %}
     There's an unofficial <a href="https://gist.github.com/annulen/309569fb61e5d64a703c055c1e726f71">ebuild</a> available.
 {% else %}