diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 9bce0b2e1..2b9fc4a82 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ and all the binaries will be installed on /usr/local/bin.
 
 Alternatively:
 
-    make PREFIX=/some/other/directory
+    make PREFIX=/some/other/directory install
 
 to have the binaries in /some/other/directory/bin.