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kennethreitz · kennethreitz · commit ae3ca7b3d745 · 2014-06-21T01:06:55.000+08:00
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Installation
 
 `certifi` is available on PyPI. Simply install it with `pip`::
 
-    sudo pip install certifi
+    $ pip install certifi
 
 Usage
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