diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c947a7b8c..c51b59ca9 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Changes should broadly follow the [PEP 8][pep-8] style conventions, and we recom
 To run the tests, clone the repository, and then:
 
     # Setup the virtual environment
-    virtualenv env
+    python3 -m venv env
     source env/bin/activate
     pip install django
     pip install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/docs/community/contributing.md b/docs/community/contributing.md
index 9cc6ccee0..161c66415 100644
--- a/docs/community/contributing.md
+++ b/docs/community/contributing.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Changes should broadly follow the [PEP 8][pep-8] style conventions, and we recom
 To run the tests, clone the repository, and then:
 
     # Setup the virtual environment
-    virtualenv env
+    python3 -m venv env
     source env/bin/activate
     pip install django
     pip install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/docs/tutorial/1-serialization.md b/docs/tutorial/1-serialization.md
index 224ebf25b..22fe49e39 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/1-serialization.md
+++ b/docs/tutorial/1-serialization.md
@@ -14,18 +14,18 @@ The tutorial is fairly in-depth, so you should probably get a cookie and a cup o
 
 ## Setting up a new environment
 
-Before we do anything else we'll create a new virtual environment, using [virtualenv].  This will make sure our package configuration is kept nicely isolated from any other projects we're working on.
+Before we do anything else we'll create a new virtual environment, using [venv]. This will make sure our package configuration is kept nicely isolated from any other projects we're working on.
 
-    virtualenv env
+    python3 -m venv env
     source env/bin/activate
 
-Now that we're inside a virtualenv environment, we can install our package requirements.
+Now that we're inside a virtual environment, we can install our package requirements.
 
     pip install django
     pip install djangorestframework
     pip install pygments  # We'll be using this for the code highlighting
 
-**Note:** To exit the virtualenv environment at any time, just type `deactivate`.  For more information see the [virtualenv documentation][virtualenv].
+**Note:** To exit the virtual environment at any time, just type `deactivate`.  For more information see the [venv documentation][venv].
 
 ## Getting started
 
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ We'll see how we can start to improve things in [part 2 of the tutorial][tut-2].
 [quickstart]: quickstart.md
 [repo]: https://github.com/encode/rest-framework-tutorial
 [sandbox]: https://restframework.herokuapp.com/
-[virtualenv]: http://www.virtualenv.org/en/latest/index.html
+[venv]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html
 [tut-2]: 2-requests-and-responses.md
 [httpie]: https://github.com/jakubroztocil/httpie#installation
 [curl]: https://curl.haxx.se/
diff --git a/docs/tutorial/quickstart.md b/docs/tutorial/quickstart.md
index cbec2501b..8b02b888e 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/tutorial/quickstart.md
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ Create a new Django project named `tutorial`, then start a new app called `quick
     mkdir tutorial
     cd tutorial
 
-    # Create a virtualenv to isolate our package dependencies locally
-    virtualenv env
+    # Create a virtual environment to isolate our package dependencies locally
+    python3 -m venv env
     source env/bin/activate  # On Windows use `env\Scripts\activate`
 
-    # Install Django and Django REST framework into the virtualenv
+    # Install Django and Django REST framework into the virtual environment
     pip install django
     pip install djangorestframework