diff --git a/docs/_Sidebar.md b/docs/_Sidebar.md
index aa59208c8..5a5213a0b 100644
--- a/docs/_Sidebar.md
+++ b/docs/_Sidebar.md
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
        - [SSHD](/roles/debian/ssh_server)
        - [SSL](/roles/debian/ssl)
        - [sudo config](/roles/debian/sudo_config)
-       - [General swap role to add swap space](/roles/debian/swap)
+       - [Swap](/roles/debian/swap)
        - [varnish-config](/roles/debian/varnish_config)
        - [wazuh](/roles/debian/wazuh)
      - [Init role](/roles/_init)
diff --git a/docs/roles/debian/python_common.md b/docs/roles/debian/python_common.md
index 2c9f384f9..94573f816 100644
--- a/docs/roles/debian/python_common.md
+++ b/docs/roles/debian/python_common.md
@@ -9,15 +9,17 @@ Packages required by all Python scripts and applications.
 ```yaml
 ---
 python_common:
-  remove_packages:
-    - python-pip
-    - python3-yaml # linters need a newer version of PyYAML than the one that ships with Debian
-    - python-botocore
-    - python-urllib3
+  cleanup: false # set to true to remove unwanted packages
+  remove_packages: [] # list of packages to remove if cleanup: true
+    # Example from ansible role
+    #- python-pip
+    #- python3-yaml # linters need a newer version of PyYAML than the one that ships with Debian
+    #- python-botocore
+    #- python-urllib3
+  # Commonly required Python system packages
   install_packages:
     - python3-distutils
     - python3-venv
-    - python3-pip
     - cloud-init # package can get removed with python3-yaml but we need it for auto-scale
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/roles/debian/swap.md b/docs/roles/debian/swap.md
index 8bfeaa59c..ef6f5f208 100644
--- a/docs/roles/debian/swap.md
+++ b/docs/roles/debian/swap.md
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-# General swap role to add swap space
-
-By default, role is set to add 2G of swap space.
+# Swap
+General role to add swap space to servers. By default, role is set to add 4G of swap space. As a general rule of thumb, swap should be set to 2.5 times the amount of RAM. So if a server has 2G RAM, we should set swap to 5G by setting `size: "5G"` in the variables for that server.
 
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@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ By default, role is set to add 2G of swap space.
 ---
 swap:
   count: 2048
-  size: "2G"
+  size: "4G"
   swap_space: swapfile
 
 ```
diff --git a/roles/_meta/common_base/meta/main.yml b/roles/_meta/common_base/meta/main.yml
index 140fcf1bb..9e3635fa6 100644
--- a/roles/_meta/common_base/meta/main.yml
+++ b/roles/_meta/common_base/meta/main.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dependencies:
   - role: debian/ansible
     ce_ansible:
       venv_path: "/home/{{ ce_provision.username }}/ansible"
-      venv_command: "/usr/bin/python3.11 -m venv"
+      venv_command: "/usr/bin/python3 -m venv"
       install_username: "{{ ce_provision.username }}"
       upgrade:
         enabled: true
diff --git a/roles/debian/python_common/README.md b/roles/debian/python_common/README.md
index 2c9f384f9..94573f816 100644
--- a/roles/debian/python_common/README.md
+++ b/roles/debian/python_common/README.md
@@ -9,15 +9,17 @@ Packages required by all Python scripts and applications.
 ```yaml
 ---
 python_common:
-  remove_packages:
-    - python-pip
-    - python3-yaml # linters need a newer version of PyYAML than the one that ships with Debian
-    - python-botocore
-    - python-urllib3
+  cleanup: false # set to true to remove unwanted packages
+  remove_packages: [] # list of packages to remove if cleanup: true
+    # Example from ansible role
+    #- python-pip
+    #- python3-yaml # linters need a newer version of PyYAML than the one that ships with Debian
+    #- python-botocore
+    #- python-urllib3
+  # Commonly required Python system packages
   install_packages:
     - python3-distutils
     - python3-venv
-    - python3-pip
     - cloud-init # package can get removed with python3-yaml but we need it for auto-scale
 ```
 
diff --git a/roles/debian/swap/README.md b/roles/debian/swap/README.md
index ea66bc066..ef6f5f208 100644
--- a/roles/debian/swap/README.md
+++ b/roles/debian/swap/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-# General swap role to add swap space
-
-By default, role is set to add 2G of swap space.
-As a general rule of thumb, swap should be set to 2.5x of current RAM.
-If server has 2G RAM, set RAM to 5G by creating swap.yml inside vars at local directory.
+# Swap
+General role to add swap space to servers. By default, role is set to add 4G of swap space. As a general rule of thumb, swap should be set to 2.5 times the amount of RAM. So if a server has 2G RAM, we should set swap to 5G by setting `size: "5G"` in the variables for that server.
 
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