diff --git a/docs/docs/configuration.md b/docs/docs/configuration.md
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@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ Defaults to one of the following directories:
 Create a new virtual environment if one doesn't already exist.
 Defaults to `true`.
 
+!!!note:
+        When setting this configuration to `false`, the Python environment used must have `pip` 
+        installed and available.
+
 ### `virtualenvs.in-project`: boolean
 
 Create the virtualenv inside the project's root directory.