Add instructions to upgrade pip
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ you may want to verify those changes locally before pushing upstream.
$ git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/readthedocs/readthedocs.org/
-#. create a virtual environment with Python 3.6 and activate it:
+#. create a virtual environment with Python 3.6, activate it, and upgrade pip:
.. code-block:: console
$ cd readthedocs.org
$ python3.6 -m venv .venv
$ source .venv/bin/activate
- (.venv) $
+ (.venv) $ python -m pip install -U pip
#. install documentation requirements
