diff --git a/chapter08/python.xml b/chapter08/python.xml
index 6b12d3559..76530d782 100644
--- a/chapter08/python.xml
+++ b/chapter08/python.xml
@@ -92,6 +92,18 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
 
+    <para>In serveral places we use the <command>pip3</command> command to
+    install Python 3 programs and modules for all users as root. This conflicts
+    with the Python developers recommendation to build packages in a virtual
+    environment as a regular user. To this end, a multi-line warning is
+    written when using <command>pip3</command> as the root user.  If desired,
+    supress this warning by running the following command:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">sed -e '/def warn_if_run_as_root/a\    return' \
+    -i /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/req_command.py
+</userinput></screen>
+
+
     <para>If desired, install the preformatted documentation:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">install -v -dm755 /usr/share/doc/python-&python-version;/html