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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index e6f1bca52f..67b1b01a6b 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ Making and Installing the OpenLDAP Distribution
 
      to list available configuration options.
 
-     The configure script uses environmental variables for determining
-     compiler/linker options including:
+     Note also that the configure script uses environmental variables
+     for determining compiler/linker options including:
 
         Variable        Description     Example
         CC              C compiler      gcc
@@ -43,13 +43,20 @@ Making and Installing the OpenLDAP Distribution
         LIBS            libraries       -llib
         PATH            command path    /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
 
+     See doc/install/configure for generic configure documentation.
+
 3.   Configure the build system:
 
         % [env settings] ./configure [options]
 
-     If all goes well, the configure script with automatically detect
-     the appropriate settings.  However, you may need to specify
-     options and/or environment variables to obtain desired results.
+     If all goes well, the configure script will automatically detect
+     the appropriate settings.  If the configure script fails, you
+     should read the config.log file that it generated to see what it
+     was trying to do and exactly what failed.  You may need to specify
+     additional options and/or environment variables besides those
+     listed above to obtain desired results, depending on your operating
+     system. The Platform Hints section of the FAQ provides help for
+     operating system related problems.
 
 4.   Build dependencies:
 
@@ -67,7 +74,7 @@ Making and Installing the OpenLDAP Distribution
 6.   Test the standalone system:
 
      This step requires the standalone LDAP server, slapd(8), with
-     BDB, HDB, and/or LDBM support.
+     BDB or HDB support.
 
         % make test
 
@@ -100,7 +107,7 @@ $OpenLDAP: pkg/openldap-guide/release/install.sdf,v 1.16 2002/02/18
 
 This work is part of OpenLDAP Software <http://www.openldap.org/>.
 
-Copyright 1998-2004 The OpenLDAP Foundation.
+Copyright 1998-2009 The OpenLDAP Foundation.
 All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without