diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 5541eba9..446d035e 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ installed and activated:
 
     $ git clone https://github.com/django-json-api/django-rest-framework-json-api.git
     $ cd django-rest-framework-json-api
-    $ pip install -U -e . -r requirements.txt
+    $ pip install -Ur requirements.txt
     $ django-admin migrate --settings=example.settings
     $ django-admin loaddata drf_example --settings=example.settings
     $ django-admin runserver --settings=example.settings
diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
index 00d77c61..bef744eb 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ From Source
 	cd django-rest-framework-json-api
 	python3 -m venv env
 	source env/bin/activate
-	pip install -U -e . r requirements.txt
+	pip install -Ur requirements.txt
 	django-admin migrate --settings=example.settings
 	django-admin loaddata drf_example --settings=example.settings
 	django-admin runserver --settings=example.settings
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 862b4aa8..f1ba742f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 # there are a number of packages that are useful to install.
 
 # Laying these out as separate requirements files, allows us to
-# only included the relevant sets when running tox, and ensures
+# only include the relevant sets when running tox, and ensures
 # we are only ever declaring our dependencies in one place.
 
+-e .
 -r requirements/requirements-optionals.txt
 -r requirements/requirements-testing.txt
 -r requirements/requirements-documentation.txt