diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 96152f6d570dc2f6b25dfad640e1a6b746d00107..ae68b198430962a43690dd11185ef6249227c1df 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ purposes.
 Installation and usage
 ----------------------
 
-    pip install km3net_testdata
+    pip install km3net-testdata
 
 The file paths can be access in Python scripts using the ``data_path()`` function:
 
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ The file paths can be access in Python scripts using the ``data_path()`` functio
 
     filename = data_path("km3net_offline.root")
 
+Notice the underscore in the Python package name (PyPI forces ``-`` but Python
+package names are not allowed to use ``-``).
+
 To use the module in e.g. shell scripts, the module can be called directly and
 print the filepath: