diff --git a/docs/rst/daemon/running.rst b/docs/rst/daemon/running.rst
index f45099bb..3dc71494 100644
--- a/docs/rst/daemon/running.rst
+++ b/docs/rst/daemon/running.rst
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Synopsis:
 
    $ meson -Dsession-managers="[ 'wireplumber' ]" build
    $ ninja -C build
-   $ make run
+   $ make -C build run
 
 Run independently or without installing
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