diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index bde0354..31e42d6 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ For curious users: The magic invocation in step 4 automatically downloads and in
 
 To upgrade an existing installation of nvpy, do the following::
 
-    sudo pip uninstall nvpy
-    sudo pip install --upgrade --ignore-installed --no-deps nvpy
+    pip uninstall nvpy
+    pip install --upgrade --ignore-installed --no-deps nvpy
 
 
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