diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index c95d8730..08b6f1ac 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ the instructions in the section below before installing the driver.
 
 Installation through pip is recommended::
 
-    $ pip install cassandra-driver
+    $ pip install cassandra-driver --pre
 
 If you want to install manually, you can instead do::