diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 7611ea463..f08f7633e 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
-# requirements for working on docs
+sphinx-better-theme
 
-# install pillow from master if you're into that, but RtD needs this
-pillow>=2.4.0
-
-Jinja2==2.7.1
-MarkupSafe==0.18
-Pygments==1.6
-Sphinx==1.1.3
-docopt==0.6.1
-docutils==0.11
-wsgiref==0.1.2
-sphinx-better-theme==0.1.5
-
-# livereload not strictly necessary but really useful (make livehtml)
-tornado==3.1.1
-livereload==1.0.1
+## requirements for working on docs
+#
+## install pillow from master if you're into that, but RtD needs this
+#pillow>=2.4.0
+#
+#Jinja2==2.7.1
+#MarkupSafe==0.18
+#Pygments==1.6
+#Sphinx==1.1.3
+#docopt==0.6.1
+#docutils==0.11
+#wsgiref==0.1.2
+#sphinx-better-theme==0.1.5
+#
+## livereload not strictly necessary but really useful (make livehtml)
+#tornado==3.1.1
+#livereload==1.0.1