diff --git a/doc/examples/README b/doc/examples/README
index c1ce619d35..6cb4b6e17a 100644
--- a/doc/examples/README
+++ b/doc/examples/README
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ that you have them installed and working on your system.
 
 Method 1: build the installed examples in a generic read/write user directory
 
-Copy to a read/write user directory and just use "make", it will link
-to the libraries on your system, assuming the PKG_CONFIG_PATH is
+Copy to a read/write user directory and run:
+make -f Makefile.example
+
+It will link to the libraries on your system, assuming the PKG_CONFIG_PATH is
 correctly configured.
 
 Method 2: build the examples in-tree
@@ -20,4 +22,4 @@ examples using "make examplesclean"
 
 If you want to try the dedicated Makefile examples (to emulate the first
 method), go into doc/examples and run a command such as
-PKG_CONFIG_PATH=pc-uninstalled make.
+PKG_CONFIG_PATH=pc-uninstalled make -f Makefile.example