diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
index d749645c6..518c2535d 100644
--- a/BUILDING.md
+++ b/BUILDING.md
@@ -16,6 +16,18 @@ For platform-specific deps, see "Platform-specific notes" below.
 
 See the top of `CMakeLists.txt` for all the available build options.
 
+The most relevant option for new Extempore users is the `ASSETS` option. It's
+off by default, but if set to `ON` the Extempore build process will download the
+assets e.g. sound files, 3D model files which are referenced in the examples
+(these asset files live in a [separate
+repo](https://github.com/extemporelang/extempore-assets)).
+
+It's off by default because it's pretty big (~300MB) download, so make sure
+you're on an internet connection where you don't mind downloading a bunch of
+data. If you don't set `-DASSETS=ON` at build time that's ok---CMake will still
+create an `assets` target which you can "build" afterwards to downoad the assets
+and move them into place.
+
 ## Targets
 
 The default target will build Extempore, all the dependencies, and AOT-compile
@@ -31,11 +43,6 @@ following targets might come in handy:
 
 - the `clean_aot` target will remove all AOT-compiled files
 
-- the `assets` target won't build anything per. se., but it will download the
-  assets e.g. sound files, 3D model files which are referenced in the examples
-  (it's pretty big, so make sure you're on an internet connection where you
-  don't mind downloading a bunch of data)
-
 ## Platform-specific notes
 
 ### macOS
@@ -80,10 +87,7 @@ On Ubuntu 18.04-20.04 you can get the required deps with:
 
 #### Arch
 
-There's an [AUR package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/extempore-git/) but
-it's currently out-of-date; [@Lapin0t](https://github.com/Lapin0t/extempore-aur)
-has updated the [build script](https://github.com/Lapin0t/extempore-aur) (March
-2020) which _might_ help, ymmv.
+There's an [AUR package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/extempore-git/)
 
 ### Windows
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 39e31c703..60f5d3183 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ you go.
 
 ### Build from source
 
+**For more information**, check out [BUILDING.md](./BUILDING.md).
+
 Extempore's CMake build process downloads and build all the dependencies you
 need (including LLVM). So, if you've got a C++ compiler, git and CMake, here are
 some one-liner build commands:
@@ -45,8 +47,6 @@ for many of the examples, but adds a ~300MB download to build process. If you'd
 rather not do that, and are happy with some of the examples not working, then
 set `-DASSETS=OFF` instead.
 
-For more information, check out `BUILDING.md`.
-
 ## See Extempore in action
 
 Check out these videos: