diff --git a/llvm/docs/GettingStarted.rst b/llvm/docs/GettingStarted.rst
--- a/llvm/docs/GettingStarted.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/GettingStarted.rst
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
        you run into memory issues building LLVM, try setting this to limit the
        maximum number of compile/link jobs running at the same time.
 
-   * ``cmake --build . [--target <target>]`` or the build system specified
+   * ``cmake --build build [--target <target>]`` or the build system specified
      above directly.
 
      * The default target (i.e. ``cmake --build .`` or ``make``) will build all of