diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 2cd8533f4410..eab7709d7444 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -74,17 +74,22 @@ commands =
 basepython = python2.7
 setenv = {[testenv]setenv}
 # As nova functional tests import the PlacementFixture from the placement
-# repository these tests are, by default, set up to run with latest master from
-# the placement repo. In the gate, Zuul will clone the latest master from
-# placement OR the version of placement the Depends-On in the commit message
-# suggests. If you want to run the test locally with an un-merged placement
-# change, modify this line locally to point to your dependency or pip install
-# placement into the appropriate tox virtualenv. We express the requirement
-# here instead of test-requirements because we do not want placement present
-# during unit tests.
+# repository these tests are, by default, set up to run with openstack-placement
+# from pypi. In the gate, Zuul will use the installed version of placement (stable
+# branch version on stable gate run) OR the version of placement the Depends-On in
+# the commit message suggests. If you want to run the tests with latest master from
+# the placement repo, modify the dep line to point at master, example:
+# deps =
+#   -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
+#   git+https://opendev.org/openstack/placement#egg=openstack-placement
+# If you want to run the test locally with an un-merged placement change,
+# modify the dep line to point to your dependency or pip install placement
+# into the appropriate tox virtualenv.
+# NOTE: We express the requirement here instead of test-requirements
+# because we do not want placement present during unit tests.
 deps =
   -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
-  git+https://opendev.org/openstack/placement#egg=openstack-placement
+  openstack-placement>=1.0.0
 commands =
 # NOTE(cdent): The group_regex describes how stestr will group tests into the
 # same process when running concurently. The following ensures that gabbi tests