diff --git a/doc/contributing.md b/doc/contributing.md
index 5a045ea9f..68293446d 100644
--- a/doc/contributing.md
+++ b/doc/contributing.md
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ This is a guide for how to install PyRIT into a `conda` environment.
 
    The suffix `[dev]` installs development-specific requirements such as `pytest` and `pre-commit`.
 
+   On some shells quotes are required as follows:
+
+   ```bash
+   pip install -e '.[dev]'
+   ```
+
+   See [this post](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77134272/pip-install-dev-with-pyproject-toml-not-working) for more details.
+
 1. Authenticate with Azure.
 
     ```bash