diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e1abe7fd8ff28148be5e59162f946e79a44db43c..7b8e2ba0d97181a47c46ea1a7fea22150b784b14 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ INSTALL_REQUIRES = (
 
 SETUP_REQUIRES = (
     'sphinx>=1.3',
+    'sphinx_rtd_theme>=0.1.8'
 ) + INSTALL_REQUIRES
 
 COMMAND_CLASS = {
diff --git a/src/node/src/client.js b/src/node/src/client.js
index 9acf51bd98b26bec5051d8f6480b13336bb29403..9cc5a62bdbcafe486222a0f081f37111078c81b0 100644
--- a/src/node/src/client.js
+++ b/src/node/src/client.js
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ function makeUnaryRequestFunction(method, serialize, deserialize) {
         }
       }
       if (status.code !== grpc.status.OK) {
-        error = new Error(response.status.details);
+        error = new Error(status.details);
         error.code = status.code;
         error.metadata = status.metadata;
         callback(error);
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/README.rst b/src/python/grpcio/README.rst
index f3e962c1971fb322b96a51250de90bc1b91fe7a1..3dfae50b4bc030b12bc401c75f52caabe3f6b2b4 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/README.rst
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/README.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Package for gRPC Python.
 Installation
 ------------
 
-gRPC Python is available for Linux and Mac OS X running Python 2.7.
+gRPC Python is available for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows running Python 2.7.
 
 From PyPI
 ~~~~~~~~~
@@ -23,11 +23,15 @@ Else system wide (on Ubuntu)...
 
   $ sudo pip install grpcio
 
+n.b. On Windows and on Mac OS X one *must* have a recent release of :code:`pip`
+to retrieve the proper wheel from PyPI. Be sure to upgrade to the latest
+version!
+
 From Source
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Building from source requires that you have the Python headers (usually a
-package named `python-dev`).
+package named :code:`python-dev`).
 
 ::
 
@@ -36,8 +40,8 @@ package named `python-dev`).
   $ cd $REPO_ROOT
   $ pip install .
 
-Note that `$REPO_ROOT` can be assigned to whatever directory name floats your
-fancy.
+Note that :code:`$REPO_ROOT` can be assigned to whatever directory name floats
+your fancy.
 
 Troubleshooting
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/commands.py b/src/python/grpcio/commands.py
index 3207ea3052e23638d0c1c7a9bc10ec8079dadf26..c1f444f6f1f07911aa1c8d50acd84d3b8bd3e354 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/commands.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/commands.py
@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ class SphinxDocumentation(setuptools.Command):
     import sphinx
     import sphinx.apidoc
     metadata = self.distribution.metadata
-    src_dir = os.path.join(
-        PYTHON_STEM, self.distribution.package_dir[''], 'grpc')
+    src_dir = os.path.join(PYTHON_STEM, 'grpc')
     sys.path.append(src_dir)
     sphinx.apidoc.main([
         '', '--force', '--full', '-H', metadata.name, '-A', metadata.author,
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/precompiled.py b/src/python/grpcio/precompiled.py
index ae2a0c835a0786867c14bb5c8974cf06642adb97..d34250b02c4130f7db0596f7194420731428d0d3 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/precompiled.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/precompiled.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import os
 import platform
 import shutil
 import sys
+import sysconfig
 
 import setuptools
 
@@ -51,9 +52,15 @@ USE_PRECOMPILED_BINARIES = bool(int(os.environ.get(
 
 def _tagged_ext_name(base):
   uname = platform.uname()
-  tags = '-'.join((grpc_version.VERSION, uname[0], uname[4]))
-  flavor = 'ucs2' if sys.maxunicode == 65535 else 'ucs4'
-  return '{base}-{tags}-{flavor}'.format(base=base, tags=tags, flavor=flavor)
+  tags = (
+      grpc_version.VERSION,
+      'py{}'.format(sysconfig.get_python_version()),
+      uname[0],
+      uname[4],
+  )
+  ucs = 'ucs{}'.format(sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_UNICODE_SIZE'))
+  return '{base}-{tags}-{ucs}'.format(
+      base=base, tags='-'.join(tags), ucs=ucs)
 
 
 class BuildTaggedExt(setuptools.Command):
diff --git a/tools/distrib/python/docgen.py b/tools/distrib/python/docgen.py
index 4ac8f9c64a847a1455b059bbced463db4f7be327..161d83e3b7f187665a10bc86e73c39756600852b 100755
--- a/tools/distrib/python/docgen.py
+++ b/tools/distrib/python/docgen.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python2.7
-# Copyright 2015, Google Inc.
+# Copyright 2015-2016, Google Inc.
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -51,29 +51,35 @@ SCRIPT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, '..', '..', '..'))
 
 CONFIG = args.config
-SETUP_PATH = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'src/python/grpcio/setup.py')
-DOC_PATH = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'src/python/grpcio/doc/build')
+SETUP_PATH = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'setup.py')
+REQUIREMENTS_PATH = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'requirements.txt')
+DOC_PATH = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'doc/build')
 INCLUDE_PATH = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'include')
 LIBRARY_PATH = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'libs/{}'.format(CONFIG))
 VIRTUALENV_DIR = os.path.join(SCRIPT_DIR, 'distrib_virtualenv')
 VIRTUALENV_PYTHON_PATH = os.path.join(VIRTUALENV_DIR, 'bin', 'python')
+VIRTUALENV_PIP_PATH = os.path.join(VIRTUALENV_DIR, 'bin', 'pip')
 
 environment = os.environ.copy()
 environment.update({
     'CONFIG': CONFIG,
     'CFLAGS': '-I{}'.format(INCLUDE_PATH),
     'LDFLAGS': '-L{}'.format(LIBRARY_PATH),
-    'LD_LIBRARY_PATH': LIBRARY_PATH
+    'LD_LIBRARY_PATH': LIBRARY_PATH,
+    'GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_WITH_CYTHON': '1',
 })
 
 subprocess_arguments_list = [
     {'args': ['make'], 'cwd': PROJECT_ROOT},
     {'args': ['virtualenv', VIRTUALENV_DIR], 'env': environment},
+    {'args': [VIRTUALENV_PIP_PATH, 'install', '-r', REQUIREMENTS_PATH],
+     'env': environment},
     {'args': [VIRTUALENV_PYTHON_PATH, SETUP_PATH, 'build'], 'env': environment},
     {'args': [VIRTUALENV_PYTHON_PATH, SETUP_PATH, 'doc'], 'env': environment},
 ]
 
 for subprocess_arguments in subprocess_arguments_list:
+  print('Running command: {}'.format(subprocess_arguments['args']))
   subprocess.check_call(**subprocess_arguments)
 
 if args.submit: