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@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ which is a custom SD card image that includes OctoPrint plus dependencies.
 The generic steps that should basically be done regardless of operating system
 and runtime environment are the following (as *regular
 user*, please keep your hands *off* of the `sudo` command here!) - this assumes
-you already have Python 2.7, pip and virtualenv set up:
+you already have Python 2.7, pip and virtualenv set up on your system:
 
 1. Checkout OctoPrint: `git clone https://github.com/foosel/OctoPrint.git`
 2. Change into the OctoPrint folder: `cd OctoPrint`
-3. Create a user-owned virtual environment therein: `virtualenv --system-site-packages venv`
+3. Create a user-owned virtual environment therein: `virtualenv venv`
 4. Install OctoPrint *into that virtual environment*: `./venv/bin/python setup.py install`
 
 You may then start the OctoPrint server via `/path/to/OctoPrint/venv/bin/octoprint`, see [Usage](#usage)