diff --git a/docs/devguide/contributing.asciidoc b/docs/devguide/contributing.asciidoc
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--- a/docs/devguide/contributing.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/devguide/contributing.asciidoc
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ recommend that you install it.
 === Update scripts
 
 The Beats use a variety of scripts based on Python, make and mage to generate configuration files
-and documentation. The primary command used for this is:
+and documentation. Ensure to use the version of python listed in the https://github.com/elastic/beats/blob/main/.python-version[.python-version] file. 
+
+The primary command for updating generated files is:
 
 [source,shell]
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