diff --git a/docs/Homebrew-and-Python.md b/docs/Homebrew-and-Python.md index 3a4c0052ae..38e2f42463 100644 --- a/docs/Homebrew-and-Python.md +++ b/docs/Homebrew-and-Python.md @@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ Homebrew provides formulae to brew 3.x and a more up-to-date Python 2.7.x. Homebrew provides one formula for Python 3.x (`python`) and another for Python 2.7.x (`python@2`). The executables are organized as follows so that Python 2 and Python 3 can both be installed without conflict: -* `python` and `python3` point to Homebrew's Python 3.x (if installed) otherwise the macOS system Python +* `python3` points to Homebrew's Python 3.x (if installed) * `python2` points to Homebrew's Python 2.7.x (if installed) -* `pip` and `pip3` point to Homebrew's Python 3.x's pip (if installed) -* `pip2` points to Homebrew's Python 2.7.x's pip (if installed) +* `python` points to Homebrew's Python 2.7.x (if installed) otherwise the macOS system Python. Check out `brew info python` if you wish to add Homebrew's 3.x `python` to your `PATH`. +* `pip3` points to Homebrew's Python 3.x's pip (if installed) +* `pip` and `pip2` point to Homebrew's Python 2.7.x's pip (if installed) ([Wondering which one to choose?](https://wiki.python.org/moin/Python2orPython3))