diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 054ff433d3e..996164b93e8 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -206,8 +206,9 @@ rustup toolchain link stage2 build/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/stage2
 rustup override set stage2
 ```
 
-Important: You need to delete the miri cache (located at `~/.cache/miri` on Linux; the exact location is printed after the library build: "A libstd for Miri is now available in ...") when
-you change the stdlib, otherwise the old, chached version will be used.
+Important: You need to delete the Miri cache when you change the stdlib; otherwise the
+old, chached version will be used. On Linux, the cache is located at `~/.cache/miri`; the exact
+location is printed after the library build: "A libstd for Miri is now available in ...".
 
 Note: `./x.py --stage 2 compiler/rustc` currently errors with `thread 'main'
 panicked at 'fs::read(stamp) failed with No such file or directory (os error 2)`,