diff --git a/doc/README.rst b/doc/README.rst
index a19a3c126..d5fd9765e 100644
--- a/doc/README.rst
+++ b/doc/README.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Nibabel documentation
 #####################
 
 To build the documentation, change to the root directory (containing
-``setup.py``) and run::
+``pyproject.toml``) and run::
 
     pip install -r doc-requirements.txt
-    make html
+    make -C doc html