diff --git a/docs/features/autoupdater.rst b/docs/features/autoupdater.rst
index 8c4ca73fd2e85fb930af6183cd0227077167d0a8..7cfd0f2114f355ef442b404c1881ac6ffd10c716 100644
--- a/docs/features/autoupdater.rst
+++ b/docs/features/autoupdater.rst
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ A fully automated nightly build could use the following commands:
     (cd site && git pull)
     make update
     make clean
-    make -j5 GLUON_TARGET=ar71xx-generic GLUON_BRANCH=experimental
+    NUM_CORES_PLUS_ONE=$(expr $(nproc) + 1)
+    make -j$NUM_CORES_PLUS_ONE GLUON_TARGET=ar71xx-generic GLUON_BRANCH=experimental
     make manifest GLUON_BRANCH=experimental
     contrib/sign.sh $SECRETKEY output/images/sysupgrade/experimental.manifest