diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 772256f84a..bc9e12c91d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ option(OPENMC_USE_LIBMESH     "Enable support for libMesh unstructured mesh tall
 # Set build configuration to Release if not set
 #===============================================================================
 
-if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+    message(STATUS "No build type selected, defaulting to RelWithDebInfo")
     set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE RelWithDebInfo CACHE STRING "Choose the type of build" FORCE)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/docs/source/usersguide/install.rst b/docs/source/usersguide/install.rst
index dcf55948cc..42258b0864 100644
--- a/docs/source/usersguide/install.rst
+++ b/docs/source/usersguide/install.rst
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ OPENMC_ENABLE_COVERAGE
   Compile and link code instrumented for coverage analysis. This is typically
   used in conjunction with gcov_. (Default: off)
 
-To set any of these options (e.g. turning on profiling), the following form
+To set any of these options (e.g., turning on profiling), the following form
 should be used:
 
 .. code-block:: sh