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 #### Building the Avalanche Executable
 
-Build Avalanche using the build script:
+Build Avalanche by running the build script:
 
 ```sh
 ./scripts/build.sh
 ```
 
-The Avalanche binary, named `avalanchego`, is in the `build` directory.
+The output of the script will be the Avalanche binary named `avalanchego`. It is located in the build directory:
+
+```sh
+./build/avalanchego
+```
 
 ### Binary Repository