diff --git a/brig/README.md b/brig/README.md
index 1990169cf..dbe514c73 100644
--- a/brig/README.md
+++ b/brig/README.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ The output of the master process is written to STDOUT.
 ## Building Brig
 
 To build Brig, clone the [Brigade repository](https://github.com/Azure/brigade)
-and then run `make bootstrap build-client`.
+and then run `make bootstrap brig`.
 
 ## How Brig Works
 
diff --git a/docs/topics/developers.md b/docs/topics/developers.md
index 0f7c3933a..d8f243c52 100644
--- a/docs/topics/developers.md
+++ b/docs/topics/developers.md
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ To build all of the source, run this:
 $ make bootstrap build
 ```
 
+To build just the client binaries, run this:
+
+```
+$ make bootstrap brig
+```
+
 To build Docker images, run:
 
 ```