diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/api/README.rst b/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/api/README.rst
index c975769aaba1..e97059a3919c 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/api/README.rst
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/api/README.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ credentials for applications.
 Install Dependencies
 ++++++++++++++++++++
 
-#. Install `pip`_ and `virtualenv`_ if you do not already have them.
+#. Install `pip`_ and `virtualenv`_ if you do not already have them. You may want to refer to the `Python Development Environment Setup Guide`_ for Google Cloud Platform for instructions.
+
+ .. _Python Development Environment Setup Guide:
+     https://cloud.google.com/python/setup
 
 #. Create a virtualenv. Samples are compatible with Python 2.7 and 3.4+.
 
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/cloud-client/v1/README.rst b/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/cloud-client/v1/README.rst
index 8640369e47d0..cf4c07d20b99 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/cloud-client/v1/README.rst
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/cloud-client/v1/README.rst
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ credentials for applications.
 Install Dependencies
 ++++++++++++++++++++
 
-#. Install `pip`_ and `virtualenv`_ if you do not already have them.
+#. Install `pip`_ and `virtualenv`_ if you do not already have them. You may want to refer to the `Python Development Environment Setup Guide`_ for Google Cloud Platform for instructions.
+
+ .. _Python Development Environment Setup Guide:
+     https://cloud.google.com/python/setup
 
 #. Create a virtualenv. Samples are compatible with Python 2.7 and 3.4+.
 
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/cloud-client/v1beta2/README.rst b/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/cloud-client/v1beta2/README.rst
index dc3b85c4be5a..f2ec309a64e0 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/cloud-client/v1beta2/README.rst
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/cloud-client/v1beta2/README.rst
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ credentials for applications.
 Install Dependencies
 ++++++++++++++++++++
 
-#. Install `pip`_ and `virtualenv`_ if you do not already have them.
+#. Install `pip`_ and `virtualenv`_ if you do not already have them. You may want to refer to the `Python Development Environment Setup Guide`_ for Google Cloud Platform for instructions.
+
+ .. _Python Development Environment Setup Guide:
+     https://cloud.google.com/python/setup
 
 #. Create a virtualenv. Samples are compatible with Python 2.7 and 3.4+.
 
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/tutorial/README.rst b/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/tutorial/README.rst
index f1ea6ad97bbf..651b219cad1d 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/tutorial/README.rst
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-language/samples/snippets/tutorial/README.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ credentials for applications.
 Install Dependencies
 ++++++++++++++++++++
 
-#. Install `pip`_ and `virtualenv`_ if you do not already have them.
+#. Install `pip`_ and `virtualenv`_ if you do not already have them. You may want to refer to the `Python Development Environment Setup Guide`_ for Google Cloud Platform for instructions.
+
+ .. _Python Development Environment Setup Guide:
+     https://cloud.google.com/python/setup
 
 #. Create a virtualenv. Samples are compatible with Python 2.7 and 3.4+.