diff --git a/docs/development/build-instructions-linux.md b/docs/development/build-instructions-linux.md
index 796698499d2..3c7f3dd0014 100644
--- a/docs/development/build-instructions-linux.md
+++ b/docs/development/build-instructions-linux.md
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ $ ./script/build.py -c R
 
 ### Environment variables
 
-Apart from `CC` and `CXX`, you can also set following environment variables to
-custom the building configurations:
+Apart from `CC` and `CXX`, you can also set the following environment variables to
+customise the build configuration:
 
 * `CPPFLAGS`
 * `CPPFLAGS_host`
@@ -226,4 +226,4 @@ custom the building configurations:
 * `LDFLAGS`
 
 The environment variables have to be set when executing the `bootstrap.py`
-script, it won't work in the `build.py` script.
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+script, it won't work in the `build.py` script.