diff --git a/docs/intro/getting-started-with-sphinx.rst b/docs/intro/getting-started-with-sphinx.rst
index f2351752d5d..be504b47670 100644
--- a/docs/intro/getting-started-with-sphinx.rst
+++ b/docs/intro/getting-started-with-sphinx.rst
@@ -96,13 +96,7 @@ Then in your ``conf.py``:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    from recommonmark.parser import CommonMarkParser
-
-    source_parsers = {
-        '.md': CommonMarkParser,
-    }
-
-    source_suffix = ['.rst', '.md']
+   extensions = ['recommonmark']
 
 .. warning:: Markdown doesn't support a lot of the features of Sphinx,
           like inline markup and directives. However, it works for