diff --git a/src/bootstrap/README.md b/src/bootstrap/README.md
index 7c257682e4a58..9ff681ac68087 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/README.md
+++ b/src/bootstrap/README.md
@@ -129,14 +129,14 @@ configure your directory to use this build, like so:
 # configure to use local rust instead of downloading a beta.
 # `--local-rust-root` is optional here. If elided, we will
 # use whatever rustc we find on your PATH.
-> configure --local-rust-root=~/.cargo/ --enable-local-rebuild
+> ./configure --local-rust-root=~/.cargo/ --enable-local-rebuild
 ```
 
 After that, you can use the `--incremental` flag to actually do
 incremental builds:
 
 ```
-> ../x.py build --incremental
+> ./x.py build --incremental
 ```
 
 The `--incremental` flag will store incremental compilation artifacts