diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-documentation.txt b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-documentation.txt index 09a790b4a3..90e9533db8 100644 --- a/docs/internals/contributing/writing-documentation.txt +++ b/docs/internals/contributing/writing-documentation.txt @@ -178,8 +178,9 @@ Spelling check ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Before you commit your docs, it's a good idea to run the spelling checker. -You'll need to install :pypi:`sphinxcontrib-spelling` first. Then from the -``docs`` directory, run: +You'll need to install :pypi:`sphinxcontrib-spelling` first. The spell checker +also requires a system-level spell checking backend such as `Aspell +`__. Then from the ``docs`` directory, run: .. console::