diff --git a/docs/topics/ubuntu.rst b/docs/topics/ubuntu.rst
index cfe49d722..dbbcaacfc 100644
--- a/docs/topics/ubuntu.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/ubuntu.rst
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ To use the packages:
 
     echo 'deb http://archive.scrapy.org/ubuntu scrapy main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/scrapy.list
 
-3. Update package lists and install the scrapy-|version| package:
+3. Update package lists and install the scrapy package:
 
    .. parsed-literal::
 
-      sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install scrapy-|version|
+      sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install scrapy
 
 .. note:: Repeat step 3 if you are trying to upgrade Scrapy.