diff --git a/docs/intro/windows-path-env-var-note.rst b/docs/intro/windows-path-env-var-note.rst
index e4e1f7d0f..cf6f8ef5a 100644
--- a/docs/intro/windows-path-env-var-note.rst
+++ b/docs/intro/windows-path-env-var-note.rst
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 .. note::
 
-   If you see a message like ``'scrapy' is not recognized as an internal or external command``
-   when trying to run the ``scrapy`` command-line tool, it usually means that the
-   Python ``Scripts`` directory is not in your system ``PATH``.
+   If you see ``'scrapy' is not recognized as an internal or external command``
+   when running ``scrapy``, you probably need to add your Python ``Scripts``
+   directory to your system ``PATH``.
 
-   To make the ``scrapy`` command available, add the ``Scripts`` directory of your
-   Python installation to the ``PATH`` environment variable.
-
-   As a workaround, you can run ``python -m scrapy <arguments>`` instead (for example,
-   ``python -m scrapy startproject myproject``).
+   As a workaround, run ``python -m scrapy <arguments>`` (for example, ``python
+   -m scrapy startproject myproject``).