diff --git a/docs/source/install.rst b/docs/source/install.rst
index 695cd3e777..e6d5cd26dd 100644
--- a/docs/source/install.rst
+++ b/docs/source/install.rst
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ To install distributed from source, clone the repository from `github
 
     git clone https://github.com/dask/distributed.git
     cd distributed
-    python setup.py install
+    python -m pip install .
 
 
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