diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index af0b3182a76e9c6ec36b5443ac22bcaf0ebedd02..45bb712a2654d43f1ef63571ab857604a2d29f4c 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Quick install for debian/ubuntu like linux distributions.
     $ cd rocksdb
     $ make build && cd build
     $ cmake ..
-    $ export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=${CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH}:`pwd`/../include:`pwd`/../
+    $ export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=${CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH}:`pwd`/../include
     $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:`pwd`
     $ export LIBRARY_PATH=${LIBRARY_PATH}:`pwd`
 
diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index 114f3adacf5576f8ee88eeface166225f3cea29f..c624a8a6d92e958eea696e670f803574c982f6d0 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ These varialbes are picked up by the compiler, linker and loader
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=${CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH}:`pwd`/../include:`pwd`/../
+    export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=${CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH}:`pwd`/../include
     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:`pwd`
     export LIBRARY_PATH=${LIBRARY_PATH}:`pwd`