diff --git a/DEVELOPER b/DEVELOPER
index 8eb0b44cc..1fbc9197a 100644
--- a/DEVELOPER
+++ b/DEVELOPER
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ How to Build Taskwarrior
     $ cd task.git
     $ git checkout 2.6.0                 # Latest dev branch
     $ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=debug .   # debug or release. Default: neither.
-    $ make VERBOSE=1                     # Shows details
+    $ make VERBOSE=1 -j8                 # Shows details, builds using 8 jobs
 
   Running Test Suite:
     $ cd tests