diff --git a/doc/examples/authentication.rst b/doc/examples/authentication.rst
index b319df814c..a92222bafc 100644
--- a/doc/examples/authentication.rst
+++ b/doc/examples/authentication.rst
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Unix
 ~~~~
 
 To authenticate using GSSAPI you must first install the python `kerberos`_ or
-`pykerberos`_ module using easy_install or pip. Make sure you run kinit before
+`pykerberos`_ module using pip. Make sure you run kinit before
 using the following authentication methods::
 
   $ kinit mongodbuser@EXAMPLE.COM
diff --git a/doc/installation.rst b/doc/installation.rst
index dd8eb6ab42..f21a3792ad 100644
--- a/doc/installation.rst
+++ b/doc/installation.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Installing / Upgrading
 <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pymongo/>`_.
 
 .. warning:: **Do not install the "bson" package from pypi.** PyMongo comes
-   with its own bson package; doing "pip install bson" or "easy_install bson"
+   with its own bson package; doing "pip install bson"
    installs a third-party package that is incompatible with PyMongo.
 
 Installing with pip
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Python to fail to build the C extensions if you have Xcode 4 installed. There
 is a workaround::
 
   # For some Python builds from python.org
-  $ env ARCHFLAGS='-arch i386 -arch x86_64' python -m easy_install pymongo
+  $ env ARCHFLAGS='-arch i386 -arch x86_64' python -m pip install pymongo
 
 See `http://bugs.python.org/issue11623 <http://bugs.python.org/issue11623>`_
 for a more detailed explanation.
@@ -152,15 +152,9 @@ This may cause C extension builds to fail with an error similar to::
 There are workarounds::
 
   # Apple specified workaround for Xcode 5.1
-  # easy_install
-  $ ARCHFLAGS=-Wno-error=unused-command-line-argument-hard-error-in-future easy_install pymongo
-  # or pip
   $ ARCHFLAGS=-Wno-error=unused-command-line-argument-hard-error-in-future pip install pymongo
 
   # Alternative workaround using CFLAGS
-  # easy_install
-  $ CFLAGS=-Qunused-arguments easy_install pymongo
-  # or pip
   $ CFLAGS=-Qunused-arguments pip install pymongo