diff --git a/doc/INSTALL.md b/doc/INSTALL.md
index 61bb039d5..6b41cdb45 100644
--- a/doc/INSTALL.md
+++ b/doc/INSTALL.md
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ This will put you in a new shell to enter the following commands:
     make
     make check VALGRIND=0
 
-optionaly you can consider to use the `-j$(nproc)` in front of the `make` command to speed up the compilation.
+optionaly you can consider adding the `-j$(nproc)` flag after the `make` command to speed up the compilation.
 
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