diff --git a/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt b/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt
index 22c37d7b7e2..4337d02d688 100644
--- a/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt
+++ b/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt
@@ -530,11 +530,7 @@ template directory in the source code of Django itself
 
     .. code-block:: console
 
-        $ python -c "
-        import sys
-        sys.path = sys.path[1:]
-        import django
-        print(django.__path__)"
+        $ python -c "import django; print(django.__path__)"
 
 Then, just edit the file and replace
 ``{{ site_header|default:_('Django administration') }}`` (including the curly
diff --git a/docs/topics/install.txt b/docs/topics/install.txt
index ab26e8e003e..44226985767 100644
--- a/docs/topics/install.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/install.txt
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ following at your shell prompt (not the interactive Python prompt):
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    $ python -c "import sys; sys.path = sys.path[1:]; import django; print(django.__path__)"
+    $ python -c "import django; print(django.__path__)"
 
 
 .. _install-django-code: