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-Thank you for contributing to Servo! Please add an `X` inside each `[ ]` when the step is complete, and replace `__` with appropriate data:
-- [ ] `./mach build` does not report any errors
+Thank you for contributing to Servo! Please replace each `[ ]` by `[X]` when the step is complete, and replace `__` with appropriate data:
+- [ ] `./mach build -d` does not report any errors
 - [ ] `./mach test-tidy` does not report any errors
 - [ ] These changes fix #__ (github issue number if applicable).