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@@ -62,9 +62,10 @@ The following provides instructions for how to build docs locally for visualizat
 1. Install Python 3 for your OS if not already installed
 2. Install Sphinx `pip install sphinx`
 3. Install sphinx-rtd-theme `pip install sphinx-rtd-theme`
-4. CD into the docs directory `cd [path to this repo]/docs`
-5. Run `make html`
-6. This will generate HTML in docs/build/html. Setup a web server with the web root as docs/build/html or open docs/build/html/index.html in a browser.
+4. Install MyST Parser `pip install myst_parser`
+5. CD into the docs directory `cd [path to this repo]/docs`
+6. Run `make html`
+7. This will generate HTML in docs/build/html. Setup a web server with the web root as docs/build/html or open docs/build/html/index.html in a browser.
  
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