diff --git a/DEVELOPER b/DEVELOPER
index 10c24f159..545557b14 100644
--- a/DEVELOPER
+++ b/DEVELOPER
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ How to Build Taskwarrior
     - python 2.7 or 3 (optional, for running the test suite)
 
   Obtain and build code:
-    $ git clone https://git.tasktools.org/scm/tm/task.git task.git
+    $ git clone --recursive https://git.tasktools.org/scm/tm/task.git task.git
     $ cd task.git
     $ git checkout 2.6.0                 # Latest dev branch
-    $ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=debug .   # debug or release. Default: neither.
+    $ git submodule update               # Update the libhsared.git submodule
+    $ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=debug .   # debug or release. Default: neither
     $ make VERBOSE=1 -j8                 # Shows details, builds using 8 jobs
-                                         # Alternately 'export MAKEFLAGS=-j 8'.
+                                         # Alternately 'export MAKEFLAGS=-j 8'
 
   Running Test Suite:
     $ cd tests