diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b40aab9bee3fb..f3b1d55c2e6cd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ if(DEFINED ENV{CONDA_PREFIX})
 endif()
 
 if(DEFINED ENV{INSTALL_PREFIX})
-  message(STATUS "Install directory set to: $ENV{INSTALL_PREFIX}")
+  message(STATUS "Dependency install directory set to: $ENV{INSTALL_PREFIX}")
   list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "$ENV{INSTALL_PREFIX}")
 endif()
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f9db073609fdc..c8cf17029b0ef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -87,16 +87,16 @@ dependencies for a given platform.
 The following setup scripts use the `DEPENDENCY_DIR` environment variable to set the
 location to download and build packages. This defaults to `deps-download` in the current
 working directory. Use `INSTALL_PREFIX` to set the install directory of the packages.
-This defaults to `deps-install` in the current working directory on MacOS and to the 
+This defaults to `deps-install` in the current working directory on macOS and to the 
 default install location on linux.
 
-For MacOS, you will have to manually add the INSTALL_PREFIX value say
+For macOS, you will have to manually add the INSTALL_PREFIX value say
 `export INSTALL_PREFIX=/Users/$USERNAME/velox/deps-install` to `~/.zshrc` so that
 subsequent builds can pick it up.
 
 ### Setting up on macOS
 
-On a MacOS machine (either Intel or Apple silicon) you can setup and then build like so:
+On a macOS machine (either Intel or Apple silicon) you can setup and then build like so:
 
 ```shell
 $ ./scripts/setup-macos.sh
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ $ ./scripts/setup-adapters.sh
 $ make
 ```
 
-Note that `setup-adapters.sh` supports MacOS and Ubuntu 20.04 or later.
+Note that `setup-adapters.sh` supports macOS and Ubuntu 20.04 or later.
 
 ### Using Clang on Linux
 
diff --git a/scripts/setup-macos.sh b/scripts/setup-macos.sh
index 1b42c587330e8..4afc90d07479e 100755
--- a/scripts/setup-macos.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-macos.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ SCRIPTDIR=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")
 export INSTALL_PREFIX=${INSTALL_PREFIX:-"$(pwd)/deps-install"}
 source $SCRIPTDIR/setup-helper-functions.sh
 PYTHON_VENV=${PYHTON_VENV:-"${SCRIPTDIR}/../.venv"}
+# Allow installed package headers to be picked up before brew package headers
 export OS_CXXFLAGS=" -isystem $(brew --prefix)/include"
 NPROC=$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)