diff --git a/docs/building.rst b/docs/building.rst
index 346ef5f0..6d70ee36 100644
--- a/docs/building.rst
+++ b/docs/building.rst
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ addition, binding code may run slowly and produce large binaries.
 .. code-block:: cmake
 
    if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
-     set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release CACHE STRING "Choose the type of build." FORCE)
-     set_property(CACHE CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE PROPERTY STRINGS "Debug" "Release" "MinSizeRel" "RelWithDebInfo")
+     set_property(CACHE CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE PROPERTY VALUE Release)
    endif()
 
 Finding nanobind