diff --git a/docs/gettingstarted/contributing.rst b/docs/gettingstarted/contributing.rst
index 527323b..0c4d998 100644
--- a/docs/gettingstarted/contributing.rst
+++ b/docs/gettingstarted/contributing.rst
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ Download code and install dependencies in a conda environment. Run unit tests at
 
     git clone https://github.com/lincc-frameworks/nested-pandas.git
     cd nested-pandas/
-    pip install .
-    pip install .[dev]  # it may be necessary to use `pip install .'[dev]'` (with single quotes) depending on your machine.
+    bash ./.setup_dev.sh
 
     pip install pytest
-    pytest
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+    pytest