diff --git a/README.buildsystem.md b/README.buildsystem.md
index 8f7fa3b9d7..74ec12182a 100644
--- a/README.buildsystem.md
+++ b/README.buildsystem.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ You might find **rules/config** very useful, as it is a configuration file for a
 **dockers/** directory is a place where you can find Dockerfiles for generic docker images.  
 **src/** is a place where a source code for generic packages goes.
 It has both submodules (simple case, just run dpkg-buildpackage to build),
-and directories with more complcated components, that provide their own Makefiles.  
+and directories with more complicated components, that provide their own Makefiles.
 **platform/** contains all vendor-specific recipes, submodules etc.  
 Every **platform/[VENDOR]/** directory is a derived part of buildimage frontend, that defines rules and targets for a concrete vendor.  
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ SONIC_PYTHON_STDEB_DEBS += $(SOME_NEW_DEB) # add package to this target group
 
 **SONIC_MAKE_DEBS**  
 This is a bit more flexible case.
-If you have to do some specific type of build or apply pathes prior to build, just define your own Makefile and add it to buildimage.
+If you have to do some specific type of build or apply paths prior to build, just define your own Makefile and add it to buildimage.
 Define:
 ```make
 SOME_NEW_DEB = some_new_deb.deb # name of your package
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ SONIC_SIMPLE_DOCKER_IMAGES += $(SOME_DOCKER) # add docker to this group
 ```
 
 **SONIC_DOCKER_IMAGES**  
-This one is a bit more sophisticated. You can define debian packages from buildimage that will be installed to it, and corresponding Dockerfile will be dinamically generated from a template.
+This one is a bit more sophisticated. You can define debian packages from buildimage that will be installed to it, and corresponding Dockerfile will be dynamically generated from a template.
 Define:  
 ```make
 SOME_DOCKER = some_docker.gz # name of your docker
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cda483fbd9..fdc0058151 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -102,10 +102,11 @@ sudo pip3 install j2cli
     * Add current user to the docker group: `sudo gpasswd -a ${USER} docker`
     * Log out and log back in so that your group membership is re-evaluated
 
-## Clone or fetch the code repository with all git submodules
-To clone the code repository recursively, assuming git version 1.9 or newer:
+## Clone the repository with all the git submodules
 
-    git clone https://github.com/sonic-net/sonic-buildimage.git
+To clone the code repository recursively:
+
+    git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/sonic-net/sonic-buildimage.git
 
 ## Usage