diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index c09aa707f..3262c463d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "SRC_DIR=$(pwd)" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
           echo "TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
           # next step also creates _version.py file
-          echo "VERSION=$(./setup.py --version)" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+          echo "VERSION=$(python -m setuptools_scm)" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
 
       - name: Show Environment variables
         run: |
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Info
         run: |
-          set -vxeuo pipefail        
+          set -vxeuo pipefail
           cd "${TMP_DIR}"
           echo "pwd=$(pwd)"
           ls -laFGh
diff --git a/docs/source/install.rst b/docs/source/install.rst
index 100c36bd2..502a46419 100644
--- a/docs/source/install.rst
+++ b/docs/source/install.rst
@@ -37,18 +37,10 @@ GitHub repository listed above::
 
     $ git clone http://github.com/BCDA-APS/apstools.git
 
-To install in the standard Python location::
+To install from the source directory using ``pip`` in editable mode::
 
     $ cd apstools
-    $ python setup.py install
-
-To install in user's home directory::
-
-    $ python setup.py install --user
-
-To install in an alternate location::
-
-    $ python setup.py install --prefix=/path/to/installation/dir
+    $ python -m pip install -e .
 
 Required Libraries
 ##################