diff --git a/docs/source/devguide/docbuild.rst b/docs/source/devguide/docbuild.rst
index 389a423f3a..f723db06ea 100644
--- a/docs/source/devguide/docbuild.rst
+++ b/docs/source/devguide/docbuild.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Python API. That is, from the root directory of the OpenMC repository:
 
 .. code-block:: sh
 
-    python -m pip install .[docs]
+    python -m pip install ".[docs]"
 
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 Building Documentation as a Webpage