diff --git a/doc/README b/doc/README
index 3ef192d2c..1d0deafe1 100644
--- a/doc/README
+++ b/doc/README
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Compile the documentation for gtk-sharp
 
     cd gtk-sharp/doc
 	make
-	make install prefix=/usr/local
+	make install
 
 If things are fine, you should have in /usr/local/lib/monodoc/sources the following files: