diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ac551974d..adcbabf49 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -33,18 +33,18 @@ include $(XGB_PLUGINS)
 
 # use customized config file
 ifndef CC
-export CC  = $(if $(shell which gcc-5),gcc-5,gcc)
+export CC  = $(if $(shell which gcc-6),gcc-6,gcc)
 endif
 ifndef CXX
-export CXX = $(if $(shell which g++-5),g++-5,g++)
+export CXX = $(if $(shell which g++-6),g++-6,g++)
 endif
 
-# on Mac OS X, force brew gcc-5, since the Xcode c++ fails anyway
+# on Mac OS X, force brew gcc-6, since the Xcode c++ fails anyway
 # it is useful for pip install compiling-on-the-fly
 OS := $(shell uname)
 ifeq ($(OS), Darwin)
-export CC = $(if $(shell which gcc-5),gcc-5,clang)
-export CXX = $(if $(shell which g++-5),g++-5,clang++)
+export CC = $(if $(shell which gcc-6),gcc-6,clang)
+export CXX = $(if $(shell which g++-6),g++-6,clang++)
 endif
 
 export LDFLAGS= -pthread -lm $(ADD_LDFLAGS) $(DMLC_LDFLAGS) $(PLUGIN_LDFLAGS)
diff --git a/doc/build.md b/doc/build.md
index 21db4a52d..92d9541b3 100644
--- a/doc/build.md
+++ b/doc/build.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ See the following paragraph for OpenMP enabled xgboost.
 
 
 Here is the complete solution to use OpenMP-enabled compilers to install XGBoost.
-Obtain gcc-5.x.x with openmp support by `brew install gcc --without-multilib`. (`brew` is the de facto standard of `apt-get` on OS X. So installing [HPC](http://hpc.sourceforge.net/) separately is not recommended, but it should work.). Installation of `gcc` can take a while (~ 30 minutes)
+Obtain gcc-6.x.x with openmp support by `brew install gcc --without-multilib`. (`brew` is the de facto standard of `apt-get` on OS X. So installing [HPC](http://hpc.sourceforge.net/) separately is not recommended, but it should work.). Installation of `gcc` can take a while (~ 30 minutes)
 
 Now, clone the repository
 
@@ -77,27 +77,7 @@ Now, clone the repository
 git clone --recursive https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost
 ```
 
-The next step is to update the compliers in xgboost's configuration file
-
-```bash
-cd xgboost
-```
-
-Open make/config.mk file and replace the following two lines
-
-```bash
-export CC = gcc
-export CXX = g++
-```
-
-with
-
-```bash
-export CC = gcc-5
-export CXX = g++-5
-```
-
-Now, build using the following commands
+and build using the following commands
 
 ```bash
 cd ..; cp make/config.mk ./config.mk; make -j4
diff --git a/make/config.mk b/make/config.mk
index ff6844617..508dbec3f 100644
--- a/make/config.mk
+++ b/make/config.mk
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 #
 #  If you want to change the configuration, please use the following
 #  steps. Assume you are on the root directory of xgboost.
-#  First copy the this file so that any local changes will be ignored by git
+#  First copy this file so that any local changes will be ignored by git
 #
 #  $ cp make/config.mk .
 #
-#  Next modify the according entries, and then compile by
+#  Next modify the according entries in the copied file and then compile by
 #
 #  $ make
 #