Be sure to setup notmuch first.

In Debian, seperate package notmuch-emacs.

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 One of the more popular notmuch message reading clients is
 **notmuch.el**, an [emacs](http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) major
 mode for interacting with notmuch.  It is included in the notmuch
-package.  This page goes over some usage tips for using notmuch with
-Emacs.
+package (notmuch-emacs in Debian).  This page goes over some usage
+tips for using notmuch with Emacs.
 
 [[!toc levels=2]]
 
 ## Setup
 
+Have a look at the [Howto](http://notmuchmail.org/howto/) for
+prerequisites.  Be sure you have done the general setup using the
+notmuch cli command!
+
 To use the Notmuch emacs mode, first add the following line to your
 `.emacs` rc file: