diff --git a/README b/README
index e7606fb6d..61f7721a2 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ various other formats.
 XML to XHTML:
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-BASEDIR=/path/to/output/location make
+make BASEDIR=/path/to/output/location
 
 
 XML to PDF: