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@@ -32,11 +32,19 @@ First, configure the "Arvados package repositories":../../install/packages.html
 
 h2. Option 2: Install with pip
 
-This installation method is recommended to use the SDK in your own Python programs. It can coexist with the system-wide installation method from a distribution package (option 2, below).
+This installation method is recommended to use the SDK in your own Python programs. If installed into a @virtualenv@, it can coexist with the system-wide installation method from a distribution package.
 
 Run @pip install arvados-python-client@ in an appropriate installation environment, such as a @virtualenv@.
 
-The SDK uses @pycurl@ which depends on the @libcurl@ C library.  To build the module you may have to install additional packages.  On Debian 9 this is:
+Note:
+
+The SDK uses @pycurl@ which depends on the @libcurl@ C library.  To build the module you may have to first install additional packages.  On Debian 9 this is:
+
+<pre>
+$ apt-get install git build-essential python-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl1.0-dev
+</pre>
+
+For Python 3 this is
 
 <pre>
 $ apt-get install git build-essential python3-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl1.0-dev