diff --git a/python/docs/source/getting_started/install.rst b/python/docs/source/getting_started/install.rst
index ba0da2d614289..4f7a6d9382516 100644
--- a/python/docs/source/getting_started/install.rst
+++ b/python/docs/source/getting_started/install.rst
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ One example of doing this is shown below:
 
     cd spark-\ |release|\-bin-hadoop3
     export SPARK_HOME=`pwd`
-    export PYTHONPATH=$(ZIPS=("$SPARK_HOME"/python/lib/*.zip); IFS=:; echo "${ZIPS[*]}"):$PYTHONPATH
+    export PYTHONPATH=$(ZIPS=("$SPARK_HOME"/python/lib/*.zip); IFS=":"; echo "${ZIPS[*]}"):$PYTHONPATH
 
 
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