diff --git a/.readthedocs.yaml b/.readthedocs.yaml
index ebb6957a568..869d2aec85d 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ sphinx:
   configuration: docs/conf.py
   fail_on_warning: true
 
-# Optionally set the version of Python and requirements required to build your docs
+# Set the version of python needed to build these docs.
 python:
-  version: "3.8"
+  version: 3.8
   install:
     - requirements: requirements/docs.txt