diff --git a/src/doc/complement-bugreport.md b/src/doc/complement-bugreport.md
index 918c087e66bf2..22d17a9d6fe7d 100644
--- a/src/doc/complement-bugreport.md
+++ b/src/doc/complement-bugreport.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ It's also helpful to provide the exact version and host by copying the output of
 re-running the erroneous rustc command with the `--version=verbose` flag, which will
 produce something like this:
 
-```{ignore}
+```text
 rustc 0.12.0 (ba4081a5a 2014-10-07 13:44:41 -0700)
 binary: rustc
 commit-hash: ba4081a5a8573875fed17545846f6f6902c8ba8d
@@ -46,8 +46,13 @@ host: i686-apple-darwin
 release: 0.12.0
 ```
 
-Finally, if you can run the offending command under gdb, pasting a stack trace can be
-useful; to do so, you will need to set a breakpoint on `rust_panic`.
+Finally, if you can also provide a backtrace, that'd be great. You can get a
+backtrace by setting the `RUST_BACKTRACE` environment variable to `1`, like
+this: 
+
+```bash
+$ RUST_BACKTRACE=1 rustc ...
+```
 
 # I submitted a bug, but nobody has commented on it!