diff --git a/doc/README.txt b/doc/README.txt
index 64cdb5f9c..87250af50 100644
--- a/doc/README.txt
+++ b/doc/README.txt
@@ -63,10 +63,9 @@ which confirms that you are old enough to view them.
 
 Installation
 -------------
-The most convenient method is to use pip, which installs all dependencies
-automatically:
+The most convenient method is to use pip:
 
-`pip install dosage`
+`pip install requests dosage`
 
 If you install Dosage from source, the `dosage` script can be run directly with
 `./dosage`. Alternatively, you can install Dosage using python distutils by invoking
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c84e2cff8..a37178243 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+# required:
 requests
-# optional: argcomplete
+# optional:
+argcomplete