diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
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--- a/docs/README.md
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 These are Sphinx docs, automatically built at http://docs.wagtail.io when the master branch is committed to Github. To build them locally, install Wagtail's development requirements (in the root Wagtail directory):
 
-    pip install requirements-dev.txt
+    pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
 
 To build the documentation for browsing, from this directory run: