diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 1a9d9852c4..12de02829a 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -151,16 +151,18 @@ if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
     print(sys.stdlib_module_names)
 ```
 
-By default, the lower bound of the project's [`requires-python`](<(https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/writing-pyproject-toml/#python-requires)>) field (from the `pyproject.toml`) is
+By default, the lower bound of the project's [`requires-python`](https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/writing-pyproject-toml/#python-requires) field (from the `pyproject.toml`) is
 used as the target Python version, ensuring that features and symbols only available in newer Python
 versions are not used.
 
-If the `requires-python` field is not available, the latest stable version supported by ty is used,
-which is currently 3.13.
+If the `requires-python` field is not available but a virtual environment *has* been
+configured or detected, ty will try to infer the Python version being used from the virtual
+environment's metadata.
 
-ty will not infer the Python version from the Python environment at this time.
+If no virtual environment is present or inferring the Python version from the metadata fails,
+ty will fall back to the latest stable Python version supported by ty (currently 3.13).
 
-The Python version may be explicitly specified using the
+The Python version may also be explicitly specified using the
 [`python-version`](./reference/configuration.md#python-version) setting or the
 [`--python-version`](./reference/cli.md#ty-check--python-version) flag.