diff --git a/docs/html/reference/pip_install.rst b/docs/html/reference/pip_install.rst
index 209d9a411d2..ea78b1d752d 100644
--- a/docs/html/reference/pip_install.rst
+++ b/docs/html/reference/pip_install.rst
@@ -845,8 +845,8 @@ Examples
 
       $ pip install SomePackage[PDF]
       $ pip install git+https://git.repo/some_pkg.git#egg=SomePackage[PDF]
+      $ pip install .[PDF]  # project in current directory
       $ pip install SomePackage[PDF]==3.0
-      $ pip install -e .[PDF]==3.0  # editable project in current directory
       $ pip install SomePackage[PDF,EPUB]  # multiple extras
 
 
diff --git a/news/4733.doc b/news/4733.doc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..95873624862
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/4733.doc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Replace a failing example of pip installs with extras with a working one.