docs: Reword ninja invocation note to clarify build directory

Minor rewording to clarify purpose of the -C flag in the ninja
invocation, whilst retaining previous meaning.

Signed-off-by: Tim Small <tim@seoss.co.uk>
Reviewed-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>

diff --git a/docs/compiling.rst b/docs/compiling.rst
index c03238b114443675b49b5dca41cc3e4994a7e17f..800264d2f9cce63f29fb679befe4488ad6425e4a 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/compiling.rst
+++ b/docs/compiling.rst
@@ -116,14 +116,16 @@ checked in the top level ``meson.build`` file in the ``meson_version`` field.
 Compiling the sources
 ---------------------
 
-To build the configured project run (note that ``-C build`` is a path to the
-build directory):
+Compilation can be carried out by ``ninja``:
 
 ::
 
    $ ninja -C build
 
-The ``build`` directory now contains the built binaries.
+"``build``" is the path to a directory which must match a path previously given
+to ``meson setup``.
+
+Binaries and other resulting files can be found within the build directory.
 
 Additionally you can also run the test suite: