diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst
index 5b613d2a5f1a..2ed89abbf9a4 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst
@@ -501,16 +501,19 @@ All LLVM releases can be found at: http://releases.llvm.org/
 
 Q: Got it, so how do I build LLVM manually anyway?
 --------------------------------------------------
-A: You need cmake and gcc-c++ as build requisites for LLVM. Once you have
-that set up, proceed with building the latest LLVM and clang version
+A: We recommend that developers who want the fastest incremental builds
+use the Ninja build system, you can find it in your system's package
+manager, usually the package is ninja or ninja-build.
+
+You need ninja, cmake and gcc-c++ as build requisites for LLVM. Once you
+have that set up, proceed with building the latest LLVM and clang version
 from the git repositories::
 
      $ git clone https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git
-     $ mkdir -p llvm-project/llvm/build/install
+     $ mkdir -p llvm-project/llvm/build
      $ cd llvm-project/llvm/build
      $ cmake .. -G "Ninja" -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="BPF;X86" \
                 -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang"    \
-                -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF           \
                 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release        \
                 -DLLVM_BUILD_RUNTIME=OFF
      $ ninja
diff --git a/samples/bpf/Makefile b/samples/bpf/Makefile
index 26fc96ca619e..d06144613ca2 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/samples/bpf/Makefile
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ TPROGLDLIBS_xdpsock		+= -pthread -lcap
 TPROGLDLIBS_xsk_fwd		+= -pthread
 
 # Allows pointing LLC/CLANG to a LLVM backend with bpf support, redefine on cmdline:
-#  make M=samples/bpf/ LLC=~/git/llvm/build/bin/llc CLANG=~/git/llvm/build/bin/clang
+# make M=samples/bpf LLC=~/git/llvm-project/llvm/build/bin/llc CLANG=~/git/llvm-project/llvm/build/bin/clang
 LLC ?= llc
 CLANG ?= clang
 OPT ?= opt
diff --git a/samples/bpf/README.rst b/samples/bpf/README.rst
index dd34b2d26f1c..60c6494adb1b 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/README.rst
+++ b/samples/bpf/README.rst
@@ -62,20 +62,26 @@ To generate a smaller llc binary one can use::
 
  -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="BPF"
 
-Quick sniplet for manually compiling LLVM and clang
-(build dependencies are cmake and gcc-c++)::
+We recommend that developers who want the fastest incremental builds
+use the Ninja build system, you can find it in your system's package
+manager, usually the package is ninja or ninja-build.
 
- $ git clone http://llvm.org/git/llvm.git
- $ cd llvm/tools
- $ git clone --depth 1 http://llvm.org/git/clang.git
- $ cd ..; mkdir build; cd build
- $ cmake .. -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="BPF;X86"
- $ make -j $(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)
+Quick sniplet for manually compiling LLVM and clang
+(build dependencies are ninja, cmake and gcc-c++)::
+
+ $ git clone https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git
+ $ mkdir -p llvm-project/llvm/build
+ $ cd llvm-project/llvm/build
+ $ cmake .. -G "Ninja" -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="BPF;X86" \
+            -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang"    \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release        \
+            -DLLVM_BUILD_RUNTIME=OFF
+ $ ninja
 
 It is also possible to point make to the newly compiled 'llc' or
 'clang' command via redefining LLC or CLANG on the make command line::
 
- make M=samples/bpf LLC=~/git/llvm/build/bin/llc CLANG=~/git/llvm/build/bin/clang
+ make M=samples/bpf LLC=~/git/llvm-project/llvm/build/bin/llc CLANG=~/git/llvm-project/llvm/build/bin/clang
 
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