diff --git a/docs/user/install.rst b/docs/user/install.rst
index f4699660..3d1c5f4b 100644
--- a/docs/user/install.rst
+++ b/docs/user/install.rst
@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@ Or, download the `tarball <https://github.com/requests/requests/tarball/master>`
 Once you have a copy of the source, you can embed it in your own Python
 package, or install it into your site-packages easily::
 
-    $ python setup.py install
+    $ cd requests
+    $ pip install .