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@@ -30,13 +30,14 @@ Inside of your Redox build system, run:
 make prefix
 ```
 
-If you need to rebuild `relibc` for testing a cookbook recipe, run:
+If you need to rebuild `relibc` for testing a Cookbook recipe, run:
 
 ```sh
-touch relibc && make prefix r.recipe-name
+touch relibc
+make prefix r.recipe-name
 ```
 
-Touching `relibc` is needed to trigger recompilation for `make prefix`. Replace `recipe-name` with your desired recipe name.
+Touching (changing the "last modified time" of) the `relibc` folder is needed to trigger recompilation for `make prefix`. Replace `recipe-name` with your desired recipe name.
 
 Note: Do not edit `relibc` inside `prefix` folder! Do your work on `relibc` folder directly inside your Redox build system instead.