diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ MAKEOPTS        options which will be passed to make (see sit.conf)
 During the installation the following directory paths are used
 WORKDIR         working directory to which e.g. sources will be unpacked
 SRCDIR          source directory
-BUILDDIR        directory in which the package will be build ($SRCDIR/build)
+BUILDDIR        directory in which the package will be build ($WORKDIR/build)
 LOGDIR          directory storing the temporary logfiles ($WORKDIR)