diff --git a/doc/source/user_guide/io.rst b/doc/source/user_guide/io.rst
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--- a/doc/source/user_guide/io.rst
+++ b/doc/source/user_guide/io.rst
@@ -3833,7 +3833,7 @@ OpenDocument Spreadsheets
 The io methods for `Excel files`_ also support reading and writing OpenDocument spreadsheets
 using the `odfpy <https://pypi.org/project/odfpy/>`__ module. The semantics and features for reading and writing
 OpenDocument spreadsheets match what can be done for `Excel files`_ using
-``engine='odf'``.
+``engine='odf'``. The optional dependency 'odfpy' needs to be installed.
 
 The :func:`~pandas.read_excel` method can read OpenDocument spreadsheets