diff --git a/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/README b/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/README
index ba3f419ba09e1bc170692d6a6ec40b56318f5a2a..ab3704b5899d35f2469cbba11c2382d1408154cf 100644
--- a/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/README
+++ b/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/README
@@ -49,6 +49,17 @@ Python 2.7 is required to run this tool. It can be downloaded and
 installed from https://www.python.org/ or through your system's
 software package manager.
 
+If you already have python2.7 installed but it's not the default
+python2 interpreter on your system (e.g. if python2 points to
+python2.6) then you'll need to invoke the script with python2.7
+explicitly, for example:
+
+    $ python2.7 $(which ramparse.py) ...
+
+instead of:
+
+    $ ramparse.py ...
+
 Setting up the toolchains
 -------------------------------
 The parser relies on having access to gdb and nm to work. You will need to
diff --git a/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/ramparse.py b/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/ramparse.py
index 1283458c76130259e4031b91550f8d7ae7d0b588..7caf6094ae2c918d696fff93fa1891f64eed6935 100755
--- a/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/ramparse.py
+++ b/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/ramparse.py
@@ -40,12 +40,23 @@ if major != 2:
 if minor != 7 and '--force-26' not in sys.argv:
     from textwrap import dedent
     print(dedent("""
-    Warning! This script is developed and tested with Python 2.7.
+    WARNING! This script is developed and tested with Python 2.7.
     You might be able to get things working on 2.6 by installing
     a few dependencies (most notably, OrderedDict [1])
     and then passing --force-26 to bypass this version check, but
     the recommended and supported approach is to install python2.7.
 
+    If you already have python2.7 installed but it's not the default
+    python2 interpreter on your system (e.g. if python2 points to
+    python2.6) then you'll need to invoke the scripts with python2.7
+    explicitly, for example:
+
+        $ python2.7 $(which ramparse.py) ...
+
+    instead of:
+
+        $ ramparse.py ...
+
     [1] https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ordereddict"""))
     sys.exit(1)
 if '--force-26' in sys.argv: