diff --git a/documentation/poky.ent b/documentation/poky.ent
index c96a970618..506aa64c10 100644
--- a/documentation/poky.ent
+++ b/documentation/poky.ent
@@ -61,13 +61,14 @@
 <!ENTITY OE_INIT_PATH "&YOCTO_POKY;/oe-init-build-env">
 <!ENTITY OE_INIT_FILE "oe-init-build-env">
 <!ENTITY UBUNTU_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "gawk wget git-core diffstat unzip texinfo gcc-multilib \
-     build-essential chrpath socat">
+     build-essential chrpath socat cpio python python3 pip3 pexpect">
 <!ENTITY FEDORA_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "gawk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python3 unzip perl patch \
      diffutils diffstat git cpp gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel texinfo chrpath \
      ccache perl-Data-Dumper perl-Text-ParseWords perl-Thread-Queue perl-bignum socat \
-     findutils which">
+     findutils which file cpio python pip3 pexpect">
 <!ENTITY OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "python gcc gcc-c++ git chrpath make wget python-xml \
-     diffstat makeinfo python-curses patch socat">
+     diffstat makeinfo python-curses patch socat python3 python3-curses tar pip3 pexpect">
 <!ENTITY CENTOS_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "gawk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python unzip perl patch \
      diffutils diffstat git cpp gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel texinfo chrpath socat \
-     perl-Data-Dumper perl-Text-ParseWords perl-Thread-Queue">
+     perl-Data-Dumper perl-Text-ParseWords perl-Thread-Queue pip3 pexpect">
+
diff --git a/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml b/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml
index e2c33d2f50..7f3d1896c1 100644
--- a/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml
+++ b/documentation/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.xml
@@ -312,7 +312,8 @@
                         </para></listitem>
                     <listitem><para><emphasis>OpenSUSE</emphasis>
                         <literallayout class='monospaced'>
-     $ sudo zypper install &OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL; libSDL-devel xterm
+     $ sudo zypper install &OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL; \
+     libSDL-devel xterm
                         </literallayout>
                         </para></listitem>
                     <listitem><para><emphasis>CentOS</emphasis>