diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 153ca554..0af51d69 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -279,12 +279,16 @@ To build, first, create a build directory, and switch to it:
 mkdir -p bld/debug && cd bld/debug
 ```
 
-Second, configure the build (if you intend to install it globally, you
+Second, configure[^2] the build (if you intend to install it globally, you
 might also want `--prefix=/usr`):
 ```sh
-meson --buildtype=debug ../..
+meson --buildtype=release ../..
 ```
 
+[^2]: for advanced users: a profile guided build will have
+    significantly better performance; take a look at
+    [PKDBUILD](PKGBUILD) to see how this can be done.
+
 Three, build it:
 ```sh
 ninja