diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/make-data-count.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/make-data-count.rst
index 3f1b04c3c36..8a96e949ff9 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/make-data-count.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/admin/make-data-count.rst
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Soon we will be setting up a cron job to run nightly but we start with a single
  
 * Run Counter Processor.
 
-  * ``CONFIG_FILE=counter-processor-config.yaml python36 main.py``
+  * ``CONFIG_FILE=counter-processor-config.yaml python39 main.py``
 
   * A JSON file in SUSHI format will be created in the directory you specified under "output_file" in the config file.
 
diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/developers/make-data-count.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/developers/make-data-count.rst
index 9c6095136b8..a3c0d10dc5e 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/developers/make-data-count.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/developers/make-data-count.rst
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Once you are done with your configuration, you can run Counter Processor like th
 
 ``cd /usr/local/counter-processor-0.1.04``
 
-``CONFIG_FILE=counter-processor-config.yaml python36 main.py``
+``CONFIG_FILE=counter-processor-config.yaml python39 main.py``
 
 (Please note that the Counter Processor README says you can also pass in values like ``START_DATE``, ``END_DATE`` etc. at the command line if you find this to be more convenient.)