diff --git a/docs/quick-start.md b/docs/quick-start.md
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+Other dependency management tools such as Conda and pip can be also used for custom classes or third-party libraries. See also [Python Package Management](api/python/user_guide/python_packaging.html).
+
 # Where to Go from Here
 Congratulations on running your first Spark application!
 
diff --git a/docs/rdd-programming-guide.md b/docs/rdd-programming-guide.md
index 74412d4930..5c7121870f 100644
--- a/docs/rdd-programming-guide.md
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@@ -241,12 +241,12 @@ For a complete list of options, run `spark-shell --help`. Behind the scenes,
 In the PySpark shell, a special interpreter-aware SparkContext is already created for you, in the
 variable called `sc`. Making your own SparkContext will not work. You can set which master the
 context connects to using the `--master` argument, and you can add Python .zip, .egg or .py files
-to the runtime path by passing a comma-separated list to `--py-files`. You can also add dependencies
+to the runtime path by passing a comma-separated list to `--py-files`. For third-party Python dependencies,
+see [Python Package Management](api/python/user_guide/python_packaging.html). You can also add dependencies
 (e.g. Spark Packages) to your shell session by supplying a comma-separated list of Maven coordinates
 to the `--packages` argument. Any additional repositories where dependencies might exist (e.g. Sonatype)
-can be passed to the `--repositories` argument. Any Python dependencies a Spark package has (listed in
-the requirements.txt of that package) must be manually installed using `pip` when necessary.
-For example, to run `bin/pyspark` on exactly four cores, use:
+can be passed to the `--repositories` argument. For example, to run
+`bin/pyspark` on exactly four cores, use:
 
 {% highlight bash %}
 $ ./bin/pyspark --master local[4]
diff --git a/docs/submitting-applications.md b/docs/submitting-applications.md
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@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ script as shown here while passing your jar.
 
 For Python, you can use the `--py-files` argument of `spark-submit` to add `.py`, `.zip` or `.egg`
 files to be distributed with your application. If you depend on multiple Python files we recommend
-packaging them into a `.zip` or `.egg`.
+packaging them into a `.zip` or `.egg`. For third-party Python dependencies,
+see [Python Package Management](api/python/user_guide/python_packaging.html).
 
 # Launching Applications with spark-submit