diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 92dce99..14ff729 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ pulls reddit data from the [pushshift](https://github.com/pushshift/api) api and
 
 ### install
 
-requires python 3 on linux, OSX, or Windows
+requires python 3 on linux, OSX, or Windows. warning: if `$ python --version` outputs a python 2 version, then replace all occurances of `python` with `python3` in the commands below.
 
     $ sudo apt-get install pip
     $ pip install psaw
@@ -25,25 +25,33 @@ before running `fetch_links.py` or `write_html.py` to resolve encoding errors su
 
 ### fetch reddit data
 
-data is fetched by subreddit and date range and is stored as csv files in `data`. You may need to explicitly run the script with python3 if it is not the default on your system.
+fetch data by subreddit and date range, writing to csv files in `data`:
 
-    $ python3 ./fetch_links.py politics 2017-1-1 2017-2-1
-    # or add some link/post filtering to download less data
-    $ ./fetch_links.py --self_only --score "> 2000" politics 2015-1-1 2016-1-1
-    # show available filters
-    $ ./fetch_links.py -h
+    $ python ./fetch_links.py politics 2017-1-1 2017-2-1
+    
+or you can filter links/posts to download less data:
+
+    $ python ./fetch_links.py --self_only --score "> 2000" politics 2015-1-1 2016-1-1
+    
+to show all available options and filters run:
+
+    $ python ./fetch_links.py -h
 
 decrease your date range or adjust `pushshift_rate_limit_per_minute` in `fetch_links.py` if you are getting connection errors.
 
 ### write web pages
 
-write html files for all subreddits to `r`.
+write html files for all subreddits to `r`:
 
-    $ ./write_html.py
-    # or add some output filtering for less fluff or a smaller archive size
-    $ ./write_html.py --min-score 100 --min-comments 100 --hide-deleted-comments
-    # show available filters
-    $ ./write_html.py -h
+    $ python ./write_html.py
+
+you can add some output filtering to have less empty postssmaller archive size
+
+    $ python ./write_html.py --min-score 100 --min-comments 100 --hide-deleted-comments
+    
+to show all available filters run:
+
+    $ python ./write_html.py -h
 
 your html archive has been written to `r`. once you are satisfied with your archive feel free to copy/move the contents of `r` to elsewhere and to delete the git repos you have created. everything in `r` is fully self contained.