diff --git a/site/docs/templates.md b/site/docs/templates.md
index 6402970d..c1e6a95a 100644
--- a/site/docs/templates.md
+++ b/site/docs/templates.md
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ root of your source directory. This will embed the contents of
 
 Jekyll has built in support for syntax highlighting of [over 100
 languages](http://pygments.org/languages/) thanks to
-[Pygments](http://pygments.org/). When you run Jekyll, make sure you run it
-with `pygments` set to `true` in your configuration file.
+[Pygments](http://pygments.org/). To use Pygments, you must have Python installed on your
+system and set `pygments` to `true` in your site's configuration file.
 
 To render a code block with syntax highlighting, surround your code as follows: