diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ projects if you so choose, but please keep in mind that in doing so you're also
 choosing to accept some of the responsibility for maintaining that collective
 trust.
 
-To use the theme, install it into your docs build environment via ``pip``::
+To use the theme, install it into your docs build environment via ``pip`` 
+(preferably in a virtual environment).
 
-    pip install python-docs-theme
+1. Create and activate a virtual environment::
+
+    $ python -m venv env
+    $ source env/bin/activate
+
+2. Install python-docs-theme using `pip`::
+    
+    (env)$ python -m pip install python-docs-theme