diff --git a/tips-tricks.md b/tips-tricks.md
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--- a/tips-tricks.md
+++ b/tips-tricks.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Assuming you have unzipped a W32 package for Pd into `${WINPDPATH}`, run:
 
     make system=Windows pdbinpath="${WINPDPATH}/bin/" pdincludepath="${WINPDPATH}/src/" CC=i686-w64-mingw32-gcc
 
-(if the project uses C++, you might also need to sed `CXX=i686-w64-mingw32-g++`)
+(if the project uses C++, you might also need to set `CXX=i686-w64-mingw32-g++`)
 
 ## building double-precision externals