diff --git a/README b/README
index 324f68760ae220aee3f15d77a23b0b0add392677..48af3cc41d4b0514c80c4ed4821023dd56420399 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ Please follow these steps to compile Tarantool:
 tarantool $ cmake .
 tarantool $ make
 
+To use a different release type, say, RelWithDebugInfo, use:
+
+tarantool $ cmake . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebugInfo
+
 'make' will create tarantool_silverbox executable in directory
 mod/silverbox.