diff --git a/docs/devs/building/unix.md b/docs/devs/building/unix.md
index a21befb..a3e3acc 100644
--- a/docs/devs/building/unix.md
+++ b/docs/devs/building/unix.md
@@ -115,9 +115,17 @@ Requires [homebrew](http://brew.sh)
 
 	brew install boost openssl@1.1
 
-Then build:
+To build:
 
-	make HOMEBREW=1
+	make HOMEBREW=1 -j8 # uses 8 threads
+
+To install into the system root (`/`):
+
+	sudo make install HOMEBREW=1
+
+To install into the Homebrew root (`/usr/local/`):
+
+	sudo make install HOMEBREW=1 PREFIX=/usr/local
 
 FreeBSD
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