diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
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--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -21,15 +21,9 @@ Build
 If you contribute to documentation you will want to check how it looks after your changes.  
 To be able to build the documentation, install [Sphinx](http://sphinx-doc.org/).
 
-```
-$ sudo easy_install -U Sphinx
-```
-
-Then run the following command.
-
-```
-$ sphinx-build -b html . build
-```
+1. [Install `pip`, Python package manager](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/)
+2. Download documentation requirements: `$ pip install -r requirements.txt`
+3. Build the documentation:`$ sphinx-build -b html . build`
 
 Documentation index is `build/index.html`.