diff --git a/README.html b/README.html
index 824c6f1..a90e400 100644
--- a/README.html
+++ b/README.html
@@ -19,5 +19,7 @@ following steps.</p>
 
 <ol>
 <li><code>make -C build/gmake/</code></li>
-<li><code>make -C build/gmake/ install</code></li>
+<li><code>make install -C build/gmake/</code></li>
+<p>Note that you will either need to run <code>make install</code> as root,
+or with <code>sudo make install</code>.</p>
 </ol>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a36c7b1..a2d3174 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,5 +13,8 @@ following steps.
 
   1. `make -C build/gmake/`
 
-  2. `make -C build/gmake/ install`
+  2. `make install -C build/gmake/`
+
+Note that you will either need to run `make install` as root, or with `sudo
+make install`.