diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 45bb712a2654d43f1ef63571ab857604a2d29f4c..b8c065bb86160be7c4b83125dd3c0216284f6bd1 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Quick install for debian/ubuntu like linux distributions.
     $ apt-get install build-essential libsnappy-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libgflags-dev
     $ git clone https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb.git
     $ cd rocksdb
-    $ make build && cd build
+    $ mkdir build && cd build
     $ cmake ..
     $ export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=${CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH}:`pwd`/../include
     $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:`pwd`