diff --git a/docs/development/setup-advanced.md b/docs/development/setup-advanced.md
index 023a20094d..c9472f6373 100644
--- a/docs/development/setup-advanced.md
+++ b/docs/development/setup-advanced.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ git remote add -f upstream https://github.com/zulip/zulip.git
 
 ```
 # On CentOS/RHEL, you must first install epel-release, and then python36,
-# and finally you must run `sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/python36 /usr/bin/python3`
+# and finally you must run `sudo ln -nsf /usr/bin/python36 /usr/bin/python3`
 # On Fedora, you must first install python3
 # From a clone of zulip.git
 ./tools/provision