diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4c42e9c..a90b7ff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,15 +23,14 @@ brew install cmake
 To build, run the following commands:
 
 ```shell
-mkdir build && cd build
-cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-make -j
+cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+cmake --build build
 ```
 
 From the `build/` directory, you can run an [example](examples/example.c)
 that uses MLX C with `./example`.
 
-## Contributing 
+## Contributing
 
 Check out the [contribution guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more information
 on contributing to MLX C. See the
diff --git a/docs/src/install.rst b/docs/src/install.rst
index 7994965..718972a 100644
--- a/docs/src/install.rst
+++ b/docs/src/install.rst
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ To build MLX C, run the following commands:
 
 .. code-block:: shell
 
-  mkdir build && cd build/
-  cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-  make -j
+  cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+  cmake --build build
 
 MLX C will fetch `MLX <https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx>`_ under the hood,
 compile it, and then compile the C API.