diff --git a/docs/guides/getting_started/first-bot.md b/docs/guides/getting_started/first-bot.md
index a5a83aa16..c2d1c7acb 100644
--- a/docs/guides/getting_started/first-bot.md
+++ b/docs/guides/getting_started/first-bot.md
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ online in Discord.
[DiscordSocketClient]: xref:Discord.WebSocket.DiscordSocketClient
[LoginAsync]: xref:Discord.Rest.BaseDiscordClient.LoginAsync*
[StartAsync]: xref:Discord.WebSocket.DiscordSocketClient.StartAsync*
-[installation guide]: xref:Guides.GettingStarted.Installation#installing-on-net-standard-11
+[installation guide]: xref:Guides.GettingStarted.Installation#unsupported-platform
### Handling a 'ping'
diff --git a/docs/guides/getting_started/installing.md b/docs/guides/getting_started/installing.md
index b174a3829..7d6de53cc 100644
--- a/docs/guides/getting_started/installing.md
+++ b/docs/guides/getting_started/installing.md
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ yourself.
## Supported Platforms
-Currently, Discord.Net targets [.NET Standard] 1.3 and offers support
-for .NET Standard 1.1. If your application will be targeting .NET
-Standard 1.1, please see the [additional steps].
+Currently, Discord.Net targets [.NET Standard] 1.3 and 2.0.
Since Discord.Net is built on top of .NET Standard, it is also
-recommended to create applications using [.NET Core], although it is not
-required. When using .NET Framework, it is suggested to target
-`.NET Framework 4.6.1` or higher.
+recommended to create applications using [.NET Core],
+although it is not required.
+
+When using .NET Framework, it is suggested to
+target `.NET Framework 4.6.1` or higher.
> [!WARNING]
> Using this library with [Mono] is not recommended until further
@@ -113,38 +113,53 @@ In order to compile Discord.Net, you will need the following:
### Using Visual Studio
-- [Visual Studio 2017](https://www.visualstudio.com/)
-- [.NET Core SDK]
+* [Visual Studio 2017](https://www.visualstudio.com/)
+* [.NET Core SDK]
The .NET Core and Docker (Preview) workload is required during Visual
Studio installation.
### Using Command Line
-- [.NET Core SDK]
-
-[.NET Core SDK]: https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/
+* [.NET Core SDK]
## Additional Information
-### Installing on .NET Standard 1.1
+### Installing on Unsupported WebSocket Platform
+
+For older system such as Windows 7 or earlier that do not natively
+support WebSocket, you may encounter
+@System.PlatformNotSupportedException upon connection.
+
+You may resolve this by either targeting .NET Core 2.1 or later, or
+by installing one or more custom packages as listed below.
+
+#### [Targeting .NET Core 2.1](#tab/core2-1)
+
+First, make sure your installed SDK supports .NET Core 2.1.
+Enter `dotnet --version`; the version number should be equal to or above
+`2.1.300`. If not, visit [.NET Core SDK] website to download the latest
+version.
+
+Next, ensure your project is set to target Core 2.1; you should replace
+the `` tag in your project file to `netcoreapp2.1` or
+above. Alternatively, you may specify the target framework upon build
+using the `-f` or `--framework` parameter.
+
+* For example, `dotnet build -c Release -f netcoreapp2.1`
-For applications targeting a runtime corresponding with .NET Standard
-1.1 or 1.2, the built-in WebSocket and UDP provider will not work. For
-applications which utilize a WebSocket connection to Discord, such as
-WebSocket or RPC, third-party provider packages will need to be
-installed and configured.
+#### [Custom Packages](#tab/custom-pkg)
+
+First, install the following packages through NuGet, or, if you prefer
+compile them yourself:
+
+* `Discord.Net.Providers.WS4Net`
+* `Discord.Net.Providers.UDPClient`
> [!NOTE]
> `Discord.Net.Providers.UDPClient` is _only_ required if your
> bot will be utilizing voice chat.
-First, install the following packages through NuGet, or compile them
-yourself, if you prefer:
-
-- Discord.Net.Providers.WS4Net
-- Discord.Net.Providers.UDPClient
-
Next, you will need to configure your [DiscordSocketClient] to use
these custom providers over the default ones.
@@ -152,11 +167,13 @@ To do this, set the `WebSocketProvider` and the optional
`UdpSocketProvider` properties on the [DiscordSocketConfig] that you
are passing into your client.
-[!code-csharp[NET Standard 1.1 Example](samples/netstd11.cs)]
+[!code-csharp[Example](samples/netstd11.cs)]
[DiscordSocketClient]: xref:Discord.WebSocket.DiscordSocketClient
[DiscordSocketConfig]: xref:Discord.WebSocket.DiscordSocketConfig
+***
+
### Configuring NuGet without Visual Studio
If you plan on deploying your bot or developing outside of Visual
@@ -170,3 +187,5 @@ Paste the following snippets into this configuration file, adding any
additional feeds if necessary.
[!code[NuGet Configuration](samples/nuget.config)]
+
+[.NET Core SDK]: https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/guides/getting_started/samples/project.xml b/docs/guides/getting_started/samples/project.xml
index 983ac228b..ef3d60829 100644
--- a/docs/guides/getting_started/samples/project.xml
+++ b/docs/guides/getting_started/samples/project.xml
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
-->
Exe
- netcoreapp2.0
+ netcoreapp2.1
-
+