diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 489a02f7..9cb0293d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1133,6 +1133,8 @@ PROJECT(myproject)
 
 # fetch latest argparse
 include(FetchContent)
+set(ARGPARSE_BUILD_TESTS OFF CACHE INTERNAL "Turn off building argparse tests")
+set(ARGPARSE_BUILD_SAMPLES OFF CACHE INTERNAL "Turn off building argparse samples")
 FetchContent_Declare(
     argparse
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/p-ranav/argparse.git