diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-top.c b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-top.c
index 6a276d2b2bbc..8d28864a20c0 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-top.c
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-top.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
    Build with:
 
-     cc -O6 -Wall -c -o kerneltop.o kerneltop.c -lrt
+     make -C Documentation/perf_counter/
 
    Sample output: