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@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ If Cmake throws you an error related to Qt5 it likely cannot find your Qt5 cmake
 You can solve this by setting an environment variable, QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH, to the location of the folder distributed
 with Qt5 that contains them.
 
-For example, a Qt5 5.1.1 installation to /usr/local/qt5 would require that QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH be set with the following command (or in your profile)
+For example, a Qt5 5.1.1 installation to /usr/local/qt5 would require that QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH be set with the following command. This can either be entered directly into your shell session before you build or in your shell profile (e.g.: ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc - this depends on your shell and environment).
 
     export QT_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr/local/qt/5.1.1/clang_64/lib/cmake/