diff --git a/doc/command_line_tool.md b/doc/command_line_tool.md
index 4f40481927e..786825fde32 100644
--- a/doc/command_line_tool.md
+++ b/doc/command_line_tool.md
@@ -52,10 +52,12 @@ Mac systems with Homebrew:
 brew install gflags
 ```
 
-Once the prerequisites are satisfied, you can build the command line tool with
-the command:
+Once the prerequisites are satisfied, you can build with cmake:
 
 ```
+$ mkdir -p cmake/build
+$ cd cmake/build
+$ cmake -DgRPC_BUILD_TESTS=ON ../..
 $ make grpc_cli
 ```