diff --git a/README b/README
index d64554f9a9..6b9a10ba13 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ libraries and pkg-config are required when using the --enable-apparmor
 
     sudo apt-get install git build-essential libapparmor-dev pkg-config gawk
 
-For --selinux option, add libselinux1-dev (libselinux-devel for Fedora).
+For the --enable-selinux option, add libselinux1-dev (libselinux-devel for
+Fedora).
 
 We build our release firejail.tar.xz and firejail.deb packages using the
 following commands:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 33bd6bfb32..0803a16c82 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ libraries and pkg-config are required when using the `--enable-apparmor`
 sudo apt-get install git build-essential libapparmor-dev pkg-config gawk
 ```
 
-For `--selinux` option, add libselinux1-dev (libselinux-devel for Fedora).
+For the `--enable-selinux` option, add libselinux1-dev (libselinux-devel for
+Fedora).
 
 Detailed information on using firejail from git is available on the
 [wiki](https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/wiki/Using-firejail-from-git).