diff --git a/certbot/docs/contributing.rst b/certbot/docs/contributing.rst
index 2a98658e4..d38dfc121 100644
--- a/certbot/docs/contributing.rst
+++ b/certbot/docs/contributing.rst
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ This should generate documentation in the ``docs/_build/html``
 directory.
 
 .. note:: If you skipped the "Getting Started" instructions above,
-  run ``pip install -e ".[docs]"`` to install Certbot's docs extras modules.
+  run ``pip install -e "certbot[docs]"`` to install Certbot's docs extras modules.
 
 
 .. _docker-dev: