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@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ The latest AASM can currently be pulled from the git repository on github.
 
 === Building your own gems
 
-  % rake gem
+  % rake gemspec
+  % rake build
   % sudo gem install pkg/aasm-2.1.gem