diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae9a0d9bb..d0195d5b9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -123,4 +123,4 @@ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
\ No newline at end of file
+limitations under the License.
diff --git a/docs/getting_started.md b/docs/getting_started.md
index 1086753d9..2da663249 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started.md
+++ b/docs/getting_started.md
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ Note: when installed globally (using the `-g` option), math.js is available as
 a command line application `mathjs`, see section
 [command line interface](https://github.com/josdejong/mathjs/blob/master/docs/command_line_interface.md).
 
+### component(1)
+The library can be installed using [component(1)](https://github.com/component/component/):
+
+    component install josdejong/mathjs
+
 ### bower
 Or using [bower](http://twitter.github.io/bower/):
 
diff --git a/misc/how_to_publish.md b/misc/how_to_publish.md
index 4dbfbea4b..cb2ec8cc4 100644
--- a/misc/how_to_publish.md
+++ b/misc/how_to_publish.md
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ Publish to jam.js:
     jam publish
 
 No need to publish for bower: The library is already published because of the
-new version tag.
+new version tag. There is also no need to publish a component(1) build, because
+component(1) uses GitHub as it's registry.
 
 Publish at http://jspkg.com: go to the website, select the github project,
 select the new version and press the button.