diff --git a/README b/README
index 5ad781ee..19032e3d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ HOW TO BUILD QT5
      cd <path>/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-<version>
      export PATH=$PATH:$PWD/qtbase/bin
      ./configure -prefix $PWD/qtbase -opensource -nomake tests
-     ./build -j4
+     ./build -j 4
 
    Windows:
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