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diff --git a/docs/postgres.md b/docs/postgres.md
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--- a/docs/postgres.md
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@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ connect to a postgres database.
     virtualenv](../INSTALL.md#installing-from-source), you can install
     the library with:
 
-        ~/synapse/env/bin/pip install matrix-synapse[postgres]
+        ~/synapse/env/bin/pip install "matrix-synapse[postgres]"
 
     (substituting the path to your virtualenv for `~/synapse/env`, if
     you used a different path). You will require the postgres