diff --git a/docs/source/installation.rst b/docs/source/installation.rst
index bed272b5..b814976a 100644
--- a/docs/source/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/source/installation.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Installing from PyPI using pip
     $ python -m pip install -U |project_name|
 
     # or to install the watchmedo utility:
-    $ python -m pip install -U |project_name|[watchmedo]
+    $ python -m pip install -U |project_name|\[watchmedo]
 
 Installing from source tarballs
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