diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 42d3155d..b93c9c3b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ If you are new to GLFW, you may find the
 the GLFW 3 API.
 
 
-## Compiling GLFW
+## Building GLFW
+
+These are the build instructions for the GLFW library itself.  For information
+on how to build programs that use GLFW, see the [Building programs using
+GLFW](http://www.glfw.org/docs/latest/build.html) guide.
+
 
 ### Dependencies
 
diff --git a/docs/build.dox b/docs/build.dox
index d793b112..1f92a5b7 100644
--- a/docs/build.dox
+++ b/docs/build.dox
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 @tableofcontents
 
 This is about compiling and linking programs that use GLFW.  For information on
-how to *write* such programs, start with the [introductory tutorial](@ref quick).
+how to write such programs, start with the [introductory tutorial](@ref quick).
+For information on how to build the GLFW library itself, see the
+[Building GLFW](https://github.com/glfw/glfw#building-glfw) guide.
 
 
 @section build_include Including the GLFW header file