diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/python/BazelPyRuleClasses.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/python/BazelPyRuleClasses.java
index 042c2fd9f77285..b6746ab0964a70 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/python/BazelPyRuleClasses.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/python/BazelPyRuleClasses.java
@@ -223,8 +223,7 @@ responsible for creating (possibly empty) __init__.py files and adding them to t
           .add(
               attr("$py_toolchain_type", NODEP_LABEL)
                   .value(env.getToolsLabel("//tools/python:toolchain_type")))
-          /* Only used when no py_runtime() is available.
-          (when --incompatible_use_python_toolchains=false --python_path is used on Windows)
+          /* Only used when no py_runtime() is available. See #7901
           */
           .add(
               attr("$default_bootstrap_template", LABEL)
diff --git a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/python/providers.bzl b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/python/providers.bzl
index 5d4e0d297a1fe6..0c37b662ce02dd 100644
--- a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/python/providers.bzl
+++ b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/common/python/providers.bzl
@@ -100,9 +100,7 @@ the same conventions as the standard CPython interpreter.
             "apply to Windows."
         ),
         "bootstrap_template": (
-            "The bootstrap script template file to use. Should have %python_binary%, " +
-            "%workspace_name%, %main%, and %imports%. See " +
-            "@bazel_tools//tools/python:python_bootstrap_template.txt for more variables."
+            "See py_runtime_rule.bzl%py_runtime.bootstrap_template for docs."
         ),
     },
 )