diff --git a/doc/build.py b/doc/build.py
index 78ada3df..340ce504 100755
--- a/doc/build.py
+++ b/doc/build.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def pip_install(package, commit=None):
       # Old versions of pip such as the one installed on Travis don't support
       # the show command - continue installation in this case.
       # Otherwise throw CalledProcessError.
-      if 'No command by the name pip show' not in stderr:
+      if p.returncode > 1 and 'No command by the name pip show' not in stderr:
         raise CalledProcessError(p.returncode, cmd)
     package = 'git+git://github.com/{0}.git@{1}'.format(package, commit)
   check_call(['pip', 'install', '-q', package])