diff --git a/docs/genai/howto/build-from-source.md b/docs/genai/howto/build-from-source.md
index 6a2ed097545f5..2e4e720be8d9b 100644
--- a/docs/genai/howto/build-from-source.md
+++ b/docs/genai/howto/build-from-source.md
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ copy build\Windows\Debug\Debug\onnxruntime.lib <ORTHOME>\lib
 On Linux
 
 ```cmd
-./build.sh --build_shared_lib --skip_tests --parallel [--use_cuda]
+./build.sh --build_shared_lib --skip_tests --parallel [--use_cuda] --config RelWithDebInfo
 cp include/onnxruntime/core/session/onnxruntime_c_api.h <ORT_HOME>/include
 cp build/Linux/RelWithDebInfo/libonnxruntime*.so* <ORT_HOME>/lib
 ```