diff --git a/doc/installation.rst b/doc/installation.rst
index ebbd824eec5d974659018c829c42beb7bced3fcb..d2289afd14a4e8e59a6abb85b47b476f00eb0ebe 100644
--- a/doc/installation.rst
+++ b/doc/installation.rst
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ packages that you want to use, use conda_ to install them:
 
 .. code-block:: sh
 
-    $ conda search bob.bio  # searching
-    $ conda search bob.db  # searching
+    $ conda search "bob.bio.*"  # searching
+    $ conda search "bob.db.*"  # searching
     $ conda install bob.bio.base bob.bio.<bioname> bob.db.<dbname>
 
 where you would replace ``<bioname>`` and ``<dbname>`` with the name of