diff --git a/docs/pip/environments.md b/docs/pip/environments.md
index 978cfb0b0f065..206f0232a4e3d 100644
--- a/docs/pip/environments.md
+++ b/docs/pip/environments.md
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ regardless of where uv is installed. Note that if `VIRTUAL_ENV` is set to a dire
 **not** a [PEP 405 compliant](https://peps.python.org/pep-0405/#specification) virtual environment,
 it will be ignored.
 
-uv can also install into arbitrary, even non-virtual environments, with the `--python` argument
-provided to `uv pip sync` or `uv pip install`. For example,
-`uv pip install --python /path/to/python` will install into the environment linked to the
-`/path/to/python` interpreter.
+uv can also install into arbitrary, even non-virtual environments, with the `--python` option. For
+example, `uv pip install --python /path/to/python` will install into the environment linked to the
+`/path/to/python` interpreter regardless of whether or not it is a virtual environment. The
+`--python` option also accepts a path to the root directory of a virtual environment.
 
 For convenience, `uv pip install --system` will install into the system Python environment. Using
 `--system` is roughly equivalent to `uv pip install --python $(which python)`, but note that