diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 29bf50cb2..6c2db8554 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ nginx does not support dynamic loading of modules. You need to add ngx_pagespeed
 as a build time dependency, and to do that you have to first build the pagespeed
 optimization library.
 
-First build mod_pagespeed against trunk, following these instructions:
+First build mod_pagespeed against trunk, following these instructions through
+the end of the "Compile" step:
 https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/mod_pagespeed/build_from_source
 
 When you run `gclient sync`, be sure to run it against