diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 95a7a35d..f1f10aaf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ If you have vim aliased as `vi` instead of `vim`, make sure to either alias it:
 Just do a git rebase!
 
     cd ~/.vim_runtime
+    git reset --hard
     git pull --rebase
-    python update_plugins.py
+    python update_plugins.py  # use python3 is python is unavailable
 
 
 ## Some screenshots