diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 1e274851a..56907df07 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ internals of Serverless so that you know how it works and how you can extend and
 Follow these simple steps to install the alpha, create and deploy your first service, run your function and remove the
 service afterwards.
 
-1. `npm install -g serverless@1.0.0-alpha.1`
+1. `npm install -g serverless@alpha`
 2. `serverless create --name first-service --provider aws`
 3. `cd first-service`
 4. `serverless deploy`
diff --git a/docs/guide/installation.md b/docs/guide/installation.md
index 656a6470c..998ac0ac0 100644
--- a/docs/guide/installation.md
+++ b/docs/guide/installation.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ corresponding Node version number printed out.
 Great! Now we've got everything in place to install Serverless. Serverless can be easily installed via
 [npm](https://npmjs.org) which was installed alongside Node.js.
 
-Open up a terminal and type `npm install -g serverless@1.0.0-alpha.1` to install the alpha version of Serverless.
+Open up a terminal and type `npm install -g serverless@alpha` to install the alpha version of Serverless.
 
 Once the installation process is done you can verify that Serverless is installed successfully by running
 `serverless --version`. You should see version 1.0.0 printed out on the terminal!