diff --git a/docs/en/docs/contributing.md b/docs/en/docs/contributing.md index f968489ae..cfdb607d7 100644 --- a/docs/en/docs/contributing.md +++ b/docs/en/docs/contributing.md @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ And if you update that local FastAPI source code when you run that Python file a That way, you don't have to "install" your local version to be able to test every change. !!! note "Technical Details" - This only happens when you install using this included `requiements.txt` instead of installing `pip install fastapi` directly. + This only happens when you install using this included `requirements.txt` instead of installing `pip install fastapi` directly. That is because inside of the `requirements.txt` file, the local version of FastAPI is marked to be installed in "editable" mode, with the `-e` option.