diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3240a5e..acf6aff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,13 +27,20 @@ Read [our paper](https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00920-20) on phyloFlash.
 [Conda](https://conda.io/docs/) is a package manager that will also install
 dependencies that are required if you don't have them already.
 
-phyloFlash is distributed through the [Bioconda](http://bioconda.github.io/) channel on Conda.
+phyloFlash is distributed through the [Bioconda](http://bioconda.github.io/)
+channel on Conda.
 
 According to the [Conda documentation](https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/tasks/manage-environments.html),
 it is recommended to install all packages at the same time to avoid dependency
 conflicts, and to create new environments instead of installing to the base
 environment.
 
+We also recommend using [Mamba](https://mamba.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) as a
+drop-in substitute for Conda. It implements a more effective dependency solver
+and is also the default Conda frontend for the pipeline managers Snakemake.
+Conda sometimes fails to solve the environment, and in these cases Mamba
+usually works.
+
 ```bash
 # If you haven't set up Bioconda already
 conda config --add channels defaults
@@ -44,6 +51,8 @@ conda config --set channel_priority strict
 # Create new environment named "pf" with phyloflash
 # Sortmerna is an optional dependency
 conda create -n pf phyloflash sortmerna=2.1b
+# If Conda is unable to solve the environment; requires mamba in base env
+mamba create -n pf phyloflash sortmerna=2.1b
 ```
 
 ### Download from GitHub
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index bbe9048..0bb997a 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ it is recommended to install all packages at the same time to avoid dependency
 conflicts, and to create new environments instead of installing to the base
 environment.
 
+We also recommend using [Mamba](https://mamba.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) as a
+drop-in substitute for Conda. It implements a more effective dependency solver
+and is also the default Conda frontend for the pipeline managers Snakemake.
+Conda sometimes fails to solve the environment, and in these cases Mamba
+usually works.
+
 ```bash
 # If you haven't set up Bioconda already
 conda config --add channels defaults
@@ -54,6 +60,8 @@ conda config --set channel_priority strict
 # Create new environment named "pf" with phyloflash
 # sortmerna is an optional dependency
 conda create -n pf phyloflash sortmerna=2.1b
+# If Conda is unable to solve the environment; requires mamba in base env
+mamba create -n pf phyloflash sortmerna=2.1b
 ```
 
 ### Download from GitHub
diff --git a/docs/install.md b/docs/install.md
index 2c99dd9..4dc7e92 100644
--- a/docs/install.md
+++ b/docs/install.md
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ it is recommended to install all packages at the same time to avoid dependency
 conflicts, and to create new environments instead of installing to the base
 environment.
 
+We also recommend using [Mamba](https://mamba.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) as a
+drop-in substitute for Conda. It implements a more effective dependency solver
+and is also the default Conda frontend for the pipeline managers Snakemake.
+Conda sometimes fails to solve the environment, and in these cases Mamba
+usually works.
+
 ```bash
 # If you haven't set up Bioconda already
 conda config --add channels defaults
@@ -46,6 +52,8 @@ conda config --set channel_priority strict
 # Create new environment named "pf" with phyloflash
 # sortmerna is an optional dependency
 conda create -n pf phyloflash sortmerna=2.1b
+# If Conda is unable to solve the environment; requires mamba in base env
+mamba create -n pf phyloflash sortmerna=2.1b
 ```
 
 In some cases, `conda install` can hang on the "Solving environment" step. This