diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c299241722b7e..158d48898a7bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ or for installing in [development mode](https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/reference/
 
 
 ```sh
-python -m pip install --no-build-isolation -e .
+python -m pip install -e . --no-build-isolation --no-use-pep517
 ```
 
 If you have `make`, you can also use `make develop` to run the same command.
diff --git a/doc/source/development/contributing.rst b/doc/source/development/contributing.rst
index 56fac1cb6852a..eed4a7862cc5f 100644
--- a/doc/source/development/contributing.rst
+++ b/doc/source/development/contributing.rst
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ We'll now kick off a three-step process:
 
    # Build and install pandas
    python setup.py build_ext --inplace -j 4
-   python -m pip install -e . --no-build-isolation
+   python -m pip install -e . --no-build-isolation --no-use-pep517
 
 At this point you should be able to import pandas from your locally built version::
 
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ You'll need to have at least python3.5 installed on your system.
 
    # Build and install pandas
    python setup.py build_ext --inplace -j 0
-   python -m pip install -e . --no-build-isolation
+   python -m pip install -e . --no-build-isolation --no-use-pep517
 
 **Windows**