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 ### I don't want Poetry to manage my virtual environments. Can I disable it?
 
 While Poetry automatically creates virtual environments to always work isolated
-from the global Python installation, there are valid reasons why it's not necessary
-and is an overhead, like when working with containers.
+from the global Python installation, there are rare scenarios where the use a Poetry managed
+virtual environment is not possible or preferred.
 
 In this case, you can disable this feature by setting the `virtualenvs.create` setting to `false`:
 
@@ -180,6 +180,13 @@ In this case, you can disable this feature by setting the `virtualenvs.create` s
 poetry config virtualenvs.create false
 ```
 
+{{% warning %}}
+The recommended best practice, including when installing an application within a container, is to make
+use of a virtual environment. This can also be managed by another tool.
+
+The Poetry team strongly encourages the use of a virtual environment.
+{{% /warning %}}
+
 ### Why is Poetry telling me that the current project's supported Python range is not compatible with one or more packages' Python requirements?
 
 Unlike `pip`, Poetry doesn't resolve for just the Python in the current environment. Instead it makes sure that a dependency