diff --git a/docs/build.md b/docs/build.md
index f2c68aa7f2..bab67dae00 100644
--- a/docs/build.md
+++ b/docs/build.md
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 
    ```sh
    git clone https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq
+   # if you intend to do testing on the latest release, you can clone the respective branch selectively, without downloading the whole repository
+   # for the 1.9.3 release, you would do it like this:
+   git clone --branch release/v1.9.3 https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq
    cd bisq
    ```