diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 432a809d357..e0bf6e5e481 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@
 # cloning or pulling the upstream repo. Once this is done, you don't need to do
 # it again until you pull from the upstream repo again.
 #
+# NOTE: Build options can be configured by passing arguments to cmake. For
+# example, to enable the EXECUTORCH_BUILD_XNNPACK option, change the cmake
+# command to 'cmake -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_XNNPACK=ON ..'.
+#[[
+  (rm -rf cmake-out \
+    && mkdir cmake-out \
+    && cd cmake-out \
+    && cmake ..)
+]]
+#
 # ### Build ###
 #
 # NOTE: The `-j` argument specifies how many jobs/processes to use when