diff --git a/README b/README
index 85d9f9abf..c5e59ec7c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -220,8 +220,10 @@ Building
 
 Build the daemon, library and root filesystem:
 
-  ./configure
-  make
+  building from tarball     building from git
+  ---------------------     -----------------
+    ./configure               ./autogen.sh
+    make                      make
 
 Run the tests: