diff --git a/docs/intro/install.rst b/docs/intro/install.rst
index c623cdb2f..112fbfe04 100644
--- a/docs/intro/install.rst
+++ b/docs/intro/install.rst
@@ -130,17 +130,7 @@ To install Scrapy on Windows using ``pip``:
 
 Now, you should be able to :ref:`install Scrapy <intro-install-scrapy>` using ``pip``.
 
-.. 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``.
-
-   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``).
+.. include:: windows-path-env-var-note.rst
 
 .. _intro-install-ubuntu:
 
diff --git a/docs/intro/tutorial.rst b/docs/intro/tutorial.rst
index 48a0d15e0..1ab5fd215 100644
--- a/docs/intro/tutorial.rst
+++ b/docs/intro/tutorial.rst
@@ -53,17 +53,7 @@ directory where you'd like to store your code and run::
 
     scrapy startproject tutorial
 
-.. 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 ``PATH``.
-
-   To make the ``scrapy`` command available, add the ``Scripts`` directory of
-   your Python installation to your ``PATH`` environment variable.
-
-   As a workaround, you can run ``python -m scrapy <arguments>`` instead
-   (for example, ``python -m scrapy startproject tutorial``).
+.. include:: windows-path-env-var-note.rst
 
 This will create a ``tutorial`` directory with the following contents::
 
diff --git a/docs/intro/windows-path-env-var-note.rst b/docs/intro/windows-path-env-var-note.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4e1f7d0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/intro/windows-path-env-var-note.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+.. 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``.
+
+   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``).