diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 78e09bd..5cd89a0 100755
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ See `docs/common-issues <docs/common-issues.rst>`_.
 Example Configurations
 ======================
 
-See `examples <examples/>`_.
+See `examples/ <examples/>`_.
 
 Contributing
 ============
diff --git a/examples/README.rst b/examples/README.rst
index 4fa4b0e..bf9280d 100644
--- a/examples/README.rst
+++ b/examples/README.rst
@@ -11,12 +11,18 @@ To run Buildrunner using an example configuration file, follow these steps from
 
 1. **Navigate to the Buildrunner repository directory**
 
-2. **Install Buildrunner Requirements**
+2. **Create a virtual environment** (Recommended)**
+    .. code-block:: sh
+
+        python -m venv .venv
+        source .venv/bin/activate
+
+3. **Install Buildrunner Requirements**
     .. code-block:: sh
 
       pip install -r requirements.txt
 
-3. **Execute Buildrunner with a specified configuration file:**
+4. **Execute Buildrunner with a specified configuration file:**
     .. code-block:: sh
 
       ./run-buildrunner.sh  -f examples/<path-to-config-file>