diff --git a/doc/building.html b/doc/building.html
index 03e87f6fa89..99ac9a5eb0c 100644
--- a/doc/building.html
+++ b/doc/building.html
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ <h3 id="freetype">FreeType</h3>
 <li>To install on an apt-based Linux, try running <code>sudo apt-get install libfreetype6-dev</code>.</li>
 <li>To install on an rpm-based Linux, try running <code>sudo yum install freetype-devel</code>.</li>
 <li>To install on Alpine Linux, try running <code>sudo apk add freetype-dev</code>.</li>
+<li>To install on macOS, try running <code>brew install freetype</code>.</li>
 </ul>
 <p>Use <code>--with-freetype-include=&lt;path&gt;</code> and <code>--with-freetype-lib=&lt;path&gt;</code> if <code>configure</code> does not automatically locate the platform FreeType files.</p>
 <h3 id="cups">CUPS</h3>
diff --git a/doc/building.md b/doc/building.md
index ba3eb7d4c73..15babfa9790 100644
--- a/doc/building.md
+++ b/doc/building.md
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ rather than bundling the JDK's own copy.
   * To install on an rpm-based Linux, try running `sudo yum install
     freetype-devel`.
   * To install on Alpine Linux, try running `sudo apk add freetype-dev`.
+  * To install on macOS, try running `brew install freetype`.
 
 Use `--with-freetype-include=<path>` and `--with-freetype-lib=<path>`
 if `configure` does not automatically locate the platform FreeType files.