diff --git a/docs/source/howto/installation.rst b/docs/source/howto/installation.rst
index c41760673..5a25f6184 100644
--- a/docs/source/howto/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/source/howto/installation.rst
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ This sets the development environment to work in-place on the code.
    $ conda env create --name tomobar --file conda-recipe/environment/environment.yml
    $ conda activate tomobar
    $ pip install -e .[dev] # the editable environment
-   $ pytests tests/ # all tests should pass
+   $ pytest tests/ # all tests should pass
 
 Conda builds
 +++++++++++++