diff --git a/BUILD_OSX.md b/BUILD_OSX.md
index b39aadb287..9b3316240c 100644
--- a/BUILD_OSX.md
+++ b/BUILD_OSX.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Build OSX
 
-*Last Updated on April 30, 2019*
+*Last Updated on July 3, 2020*
 
 Please read the [general build guide](BUILD.md) for information on dependencies required for all platforms. Only macOS specific instructions are found in this document.
 
@@ -15,14 +15,21 @@ Please read the [general build guide](BUILD.md) for information on dependencies
 Download an install Python 3.6.6 or higher from [here](https://www.python.org/downloads/).  
 Execute the `Update Shell Profile.command` script that is provided with the installer.
 
+### npm
+
+Install npm via `brew install npm`, as it is needed for generating the included jsdocs.
+
+### OSX SDK
+
+You will need the OSX SDK for building. The easiest way to get this is to install Xcode from the App Store.
+
 ### OpenSSL
 
 Assuming you've installed OpenSSL using the homebrew instructions above, you'll need to set OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR so CMake can find your installations.  
-For OpenSSL installed via homebrew, set OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR:
+For OpenSSL installed via homebrew, set OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR via
+    `export OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/opt/openssl`
+    or by appending `-DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/opt/openssl` to cmake
 
-    export OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/Cellar/openssl/1.0.2l
-
-Note that this uses the version from the homebrew formula at the time of this writing, and the version in the path will likely change.
 ### Xcode
 
 If Xcode is your editor of choice, you can ask CMake to generate Xcode project files instead of Unix Makefiles.
@@ -34,3 +41,7 @@ If `cmake` complains about Python 3 being missing, you may need to update your C
 After running cmake, you will have the make files or Xcode project file necessary to build all of the components. Open the hifi.xcodeproj file, choose ALL_BUILD from the Product > Scheme menu (or target drop down), and click Run.
 
 If the build completes successfully, you will have built targets for all components located in the `build/${target_name}/Debug` directories.
+
+### make
+
+If you build with make rather than Xcode, you can append `-j4`for assigning more threads. The number indicates the number of threads, e.g. 4.