diff --git a/docs/source/guide/migrationpy3.rst b/docs/source/guide/migrationpy3.rst
index 8764539ace..db78149f13 100644
--- a/docs/source/guide/migrationpy3.rst
+++ b/docs/source/guide/migrationpy3.rst
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ To update the AWS SDK for Python
 
 1. Uninstall the currently installed copies of Boto3 and Botocore::
 
-    $ python -m pip uninstall boto3 botocore
+    $ python3 -m pip uninstall boto3 botocore
 
 2. Install the new version of Boto3. This will also install Botocore, which it requires::
 
diff --git a/docs/source/guide/quickstart.rst b/docs/source/guide/quickstart.rst
index e7419c48d5..7d0b5e4678 100644
--- a/docs/source/guide/quickstart.rst
+++ b/docs/source/guide/quickstart.rst
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Setup a virtual environment
 Once you have a supported version of Python installed, you should set up
 your workspace by creating a virtual environment and activate it::
 
-    $ python -m venv .venv
+    $ python3 -m venv .venv
     ...
     $ source .venv/bin/activate