diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
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--- a/BUILDING.md
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@@ -205,6 +205,15 @@ To read the documentation:
 $ man doc/node.1
 ```
 
+If you prefer to read the documentation in a browser,
+run the following after `make doc` is finished:
+
+```console
+$ make docopen
+```
+
+This will open a browser with the documentation.
+
 To test if Node.js was built correctly:
 
 ```console