diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-system-requirements.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-system-requirements.xml
index 21cd79de0b..6153117f1b 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-system-requirements.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-system-requirements.xml
@@ -130,19 +130,29 @@
             <para>
                 The following list shows the required packages by function
                 given a supported Ubuntu or Debian Linux distribution:
-                <note>
-                    If your build system has the
-                    <filename>oss4-dev</filename> package installed, you
-                    might experience QEMU build failures due to the package
-                    installing its own custom
-                    <filename>/usr/include/linux/soundcard.h</filename> on
-                    the Debian system.
-                    If you run into this situation, either of the following
-                    solutions exist:
-                    <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+                <note><title>Notes</title>
+                    <itemizedlist>
+                        <listitem><para>
+                            If your build system has the
+                            <filename>oss4-dev</filename> package installed, you
+                            might experience QEMU build failures due to the package
+                            installing its own custom
+                            <filename>/usr/include/linux/soundcard.h</filename> on
+                            the Debian system.
+                            If you run into this situation, either of the following
+                            solutions exist:
+                            <literallayout class='monospaced'>
      $ sudo apt-get build-dep qemu
      $ sudo apt-get remove oss4-dev
-                    </literallayout>
+                            </literallayout>
+                        </para></listitem>
+                        <listitem><para>
+                            For Debian-8, <filename>python3-git</filename> and <filename>pylint3</filename> are no longer available via <filename>apt-get</filename>.
+                            <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     $ sudo pip3 install GitPython pylint==1.9.5
+                            </literallayout>
+                        </para></listitem>
+                    </itemizedlist>
                  </note>
                 <itemizedlist>
                     <listitem><para><emphasis>Essentials:</emphasis>