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diff --git a/doc/source/plugins.rst b/doc/source/plugins.rst
index eafe5e8f..054e552f 100644
--- a/doc/source/plugins.rst
+++ b/doc/source/plugins.rst
@@ -190,12 +190,15 @@ unit tests for the plugin commands:
Requirements
------------
-OSC must be included in ``requirements.txt`` or ``test-requirements.txt``
-for the plugin project. Update ``requirements.txt`` if the plugin project
-considers the CLI a required feature. Update ``test-requirements.txt`` if
-the plugin project can be installed as a library with the CLI being an
+OSC should be included in the plugin's ``test-requirements.txt`` if
+the plugin can be installed as a library with the CLI being an
optional feature (available when OSC is also installed).
+OSC should not appear in ``requirements.txt`` unless the plugin project
+wants OSC and all of its dependencies installed with it. This is
+specifically not a good idea for plugins that are also libraries
+installed with OpenStack services.
+
.. code-block:: ini
python-openstackclient>=X.Y.Z # Apache-2.0