diff --git a/examples/wasi/main.c b/examples/wasi/main.c
index a52a0afc6830..2a2ab07324c2 100644
--- a/examples/wasi/main.c
+++ b/examples/wasi/main.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Example of instantiating a WebAssembly which uses WASI imports.
 
 You can compile and run this example on Linux with:
 
+   cmake example/
    cargo build --release -p wasmtime-c-api
    cc examples/wasi/main.c \
        -I crates/c-api/include \
diff --git a/examples/wasi/main.rs b/examples/wasi/main.rs
index f555e9087064..9e34630b4b3a 100644
--- a/examples/wasi/main.rs
+++ b/examples/wasi/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 //! Example of instantiating of instantiating a wasm module which uses WASI
 //! imports.
 
-// You can execute this example with `cargo run --example wasi`
+/*
+You can execute this example with:
+    cmake example/
+    cargo run --example wasi
+*/
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 use wasmtime::*;