diff --git a/makefiles/help/include.mk b/makefiles/help/include.mk
index ccba3f4..4264c52 100644
--- a/makefiles/help/include.mk
+++ b/makefiles/help/include.mk
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 help ::
 	@echo "Usage: $(MAKE) [options] [target] ..."
 	@echo
+	@echo '[Virtual Env]'
+	@echo '  venv           Create a python virtual environmen"
+	@echo "  $(VENV_NAME)"
+	@echo
 	@echo '[CLEAN]'
 	@echo '  clean          Remove generated targets'
 	@echo '  sterile        clean + remove virtual env interpreter install'
diff --git a/makefiles/patches/README.md b/makefiles/patches/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..995a23d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/patches/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Howto create a python 3.10+ patch
+
+1) Checkout voltha-docs
+2) cd voltha-docs
+3) make venv
+4) make patch-init
+5) modify the file to be patched beneath staging/${relative_path_to_patch}
+6) make patch-create PATCH_PATH=${relative_path_to_patch}
+    o This will create patches/${relative_path_to_patch}/patch
+7) Verify
+    o make sterile
+    o make venv
+
+# [EOF]
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