diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.app_name}}/README.rst b/{{cookiecutter.app_name}}/README.rst
index 9e29ee744ef06ada6df5eb53573e818e1e550519..7e349515f9fef4e816647478a35c917fcb8148fb 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.app_name}}/README.rst
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.app_name}}/README.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Run the following commands to bootstrap your environment ::
     cd {{cookiecutter.app_name}}
     {%- if cookiecutter.use_pipenv == "yes" %}
     pipenv install --dev
+    pipenv shell
     {%- else %}
     pip install -r requirements/dev.txt
     {%- endif %}
@@ -191,4 +192,4 @@ Deployment by using `Heroku CLI <https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-cl
 
     git push heroku master
 
-{%- endif %}
\ No newline at end of file
+{%- endif %}