diff --git a/docs/intro/install.rst b/docs/intro/install.rst
index c58ed9cc9..278166ec0 100644
--- a/docs/intro/install.rst
+++ b/docs/intro/install.rst
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Installing with ``easy_install``
 
 You can install Scrapy using setuptools_'s ``easy_install`` with::
 
-   easy_install Scrapy
+   easy_install -U Scrapy
 
 .. _intro-install-pip: