diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/contributor/setting_up.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/contributor/setting_up.rst
index 95730e61b1..a47463437e 100644
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/contributor/setting_up.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/contributor/setting_up.rst
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Install the setuptools package on Linux using pip:
 
 ::
 
-	import setuptools
+	python3 -c 'import setuptools'
 
 If no errors are returned, then the package was installed properly.