diff --git a/doc/source/development/contributing.rst b/doc/source/development/contributing.rst
index d779e31253e09..07c22b9bdfb9b 100644
--- a/doc/source/development/contributing.rst
+++ b/doc/source/development/contributing.rst
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ If using :ref:`mamba <contributing.mamba>`, do::
 If using :ref:`pip <contributing.pip>` , do::
 
     # activate the virtual environment based on your platform
-    pythom -m pip install --upgrade -r requirements-dev.txt
+    python -m pip install --upgrade -r requirements-dev.txt
 
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