diff --git a/htmlreport/README.txt b/htmlreport/README.txt
index c6207d9a4..8b71888d0 100644
--- a/htmlreport/README.txt
+++ b/htmlreport/README.txt
@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@ cppcheck.
 
 The utility is implemented in Python and require the pygments module to be
 able to generate syntax highlighted source code.
+If you are using a Debian based Linux system, the pygments package can be 
+installed by following command:
+$ sudo apt-get install python-pygments
 
 For more information run './cppcheck-htmlreport --help'