diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index c87f2355..74dee22f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ a virtual environment already set up, then run:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-   pip3 install -e . ".[dev]"
+   pip install -e ".[dev]"
 
 Dependency Changes
 ------------------