From afcf6fbcdcdaaccb3dfa66b7c0a0c3d570bed24a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rithvik Reddygari <67663680+ricky122-5@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 02:33:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] docs: Add --parallel flag to cmake build commands in BUILD.md
 (#7302)

---
 BUILD.md | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/BUILD.md b/BUILD.md
index 632832c002..a1163dbfcc 100644
--- a/BUILD.md
+++ b/BUILD.md
@@ -427,16 +427,19 @@ install ccache --version 4.11.3 --allow-downgrade`.
    Single-config generators:
 
    ```
-   cmake --build .
+   cmake --build . --parallel N
    ```
 
    Multi-config generators:
 
    ```
-   cmake --build . --config Release
-   cmake --build . --config Debug
+   cmake --build . --config Release --parallel N
+   cmake --build . --config Debug --parallel N
    ```
 
+   Replace the `--parallel` parameter N with the desired number of parallel jobs. A common starting point is half of the number of available CPU
+   cores.
+
 5. Test xrpld.
 
    Single-config generators: