diff --git a/COMPILING.md b/COMPILING.md
index 4f61d575..40f2b96c 100644
--- a/COMPILING.md
+++ b/COMPILING.md
@@ -33,9 +33,16 @@ Setting up the test suite for Millfork is tricky, so if you don't need the tests
 
 * navigate to the project directory 
 
-* run `sbt 'set test in assembly := {}' compile` (`sbt "set test in assembly := {}" compile` on Windows) to compile the project
+* run `sbt 'set test in assembly := {}' compile`  
+to compile the project
 
-* run `sbt 'set test in assembly := {}' assembly` (`sbt "set test in assembly := {}" assembly` on Windows) to build the executable jar file, it should appear in `target/scala-2.12`
+* run `sbt 'set test in assembly := {}' assembly`  
+to build the executable jar file, it should appear in `target/scala-2.12`
+
+* on Windows, use double quotes for the last two commands:
+
+      sbt "set test in assembly := {}" compile
+      sbt "set test in assembly := {}" assembly
 
 ### Building with tests