diff --git a/Doc/library/venv.rst b/Doc/library/venv.rst
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--- a/Doc/library/venv.rst
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@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ independent set of installed Python packages in its site directories.
 
 See :pep:`405` for more information about Python virtual environments.
 
+.. note::
+   The `pyvenv` script has been deprecated as of Python 3.6 in favor of using
+   ``python3 -m venv`` to help prevent any potential confusion as to which
+   Python interpreter a virtual environment will be based on.
+
+
 Creating virtual environments
 -----------------------------