diff --git a/docs/devel/tutorials/add-new-package.rst b/docs/devel/tutorials/add-new-package.rst
index bba9383b1d2f438ee19cb4b777d11d290ee5d66e..dbec2778ad0dd25cfa55e965f5508b25058437b8 100644
--- a/docs/devel/tutorials/add-new-package.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/tutorials/add-new-package.rst
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ The following commands need to run from the base directory
 
    .. code-block:: console
 
+      pip install -r requirements.txt
       bin/init-py-repo swh-foo
 
 2. Install the pre-commit hook: