diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
index 3c8e24143d2..80dadc64fc9 100644
--- a/BUILDING.md
+++ b/BUILDING.md
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ $ make
 By default gRPC uses [protocol buffers](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf),
 you will need the `protoc` compiler to generate stub server and client code.
 
-If you compile gRPC from source, as described below, the Makefile will
+If you compile gRPC from source, as described above, the Makefile will
 automatically try compiling the `protoc` in third_party if you cloned the
 repository recursively and it detects that you do not already have 'protoc' compiler
 installed.