diff --git a/README-sycl.md b/README-sycl.md
index 4aa5a1c00..4372a32e3 100644
--- a/README-sycl.md
+++ b/README-sycl.md
@@ -255,10 +255,11 @@ source /opt/intel/oneapi/setvars.sh
 mkdir -p build && cd build
 
 # Option 1: Use FP16 for better performance in long-prompt  inference
-cmake .. -DLLAMA_SYCL=ON -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=icx -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icpx -DLLAMA_SYCL_F16=ON
+cmake --build .. -DLLAMA_SYCL=ON -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=icx -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icpx -DLLAMA_SYCL_F16=ON
+# Or without "--build", run "make" next
 
 # Option 2: Use FP32 by default
-cmake .. -DLLAMA_SYCL=ON -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=icx -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icpx
+cmake --build .. -DLLAMA_SYCL=ON -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=icx -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icpx
 ```
 
 #### Nvidia GPU
@@ -273,10 +274,10 @@ export CPLUS_INCLUDE_DIR=/path/to/oneMKL/include:$CPLUS_INCLUDE_DIR
 mkdir -p build && cd build
 
 # Option 1: Use FP16 for better performance in long-prompt  inference
-cmake .. -DLLAMA_SYCL=ON -DLLAMA_SYCL_TARGET=NVIDIA -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=icx -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icpx -DLLAMA_SYCL_F16=ON
+cmake --build .. -DLLAMA_SYCL=ON -DLLAMA_SYCL_TARGET=NVIDIA -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=icx -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icpx -DLLAMA_SYCL_F16=ON
 
 # Option 2: Use FP32 by default
-cmake .. -DLLAMA_SYCL=ON -DLLAMA_SYCL_TARGET=NVIDIA -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=icx -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icpx
+cmake --build .. -DLLAMA_SYCL=ON -DLLAMA_SYCL_TARGET=NVIDIA -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=icx -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icpx
 ```
 
 ### III. Run the inference