diff --git a/docs/Trainer/Distributed training.md b/docs/Trainer/Distributed training.md
index f7d1f0a20f..0e7305ce0a 100644
--- a/docs/Trainer/Distributed training.md	
+++ b/docs/Trainer/Distributed training.md	
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ module avail
 module load cuda-10.0
 # ------------------------
 
+# make sure you've loaded the latest cuda version on your system
+module load gcc-9.1
+
 $ pip install -v --no-cache-dir --global-option="--cpp_ext" --global-option="--cuda_ext" ./
 ```