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diff --git a/Control/Concurrent.hs b/Control/Concurrent.hs
index f299133..02f74fb 100644
--- a/Control/Concurrent.hs
+++ b/Control/Concurrent.hs
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ import Prelude
 import Control.Exception as Exception
 
 #ifdef __GLASGOW_HASKELL__
-import GHC.Conc
+import GHC.Conc		( ThreadId(..), myThreadId, killThread, yield,
+			  threadDelay, threadWaitRead, threadWaitWrite )
 import GHC.TopHandler   ( reportStackOverflow, reportError )
 import GHC.IOBase	( IO(..) )
 import GHC.IOBase	( unsafeInterleaveIO )
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ In GHC, threads may also communicate via exceptions.
 
     Scheduling may be either pre-emptive or co-operative,
     depending on the implementation of Concurrent Haskell (see below
-    for imformation related to specific compilers).  In a co-operative
+    for information related to specific compilers).  In a co-operative
     system, context switches only occur when you use one of the
     primitives defined in this module.  This means that programs such
     as:
@@ -314,12 +315,8 @@ nmergeIO lss
 {- $boundthreads
 
 Support for multiple operating system threads and bound threads as described
-below is currently only available in the GHC runtime system when the runtime system
-has been compiled using a special option.
-
-When recompiling GHC, use .\/configure --enable-threaded-rts to enable this.
-To find your GHC has already been compiled that way, use
-'rtsSupportsBoundThreads' from GHCi.
+below is currently only available in the GHC runtime system if you use the
+/-threaded/ option when linking.
 
 Other Haskell systems do not currently support multiple operating system threads.
 
@@ -382,6 +379,9 @@ forkOS_entry stableAction = do
 foreign import ccall forkOS_createThread
     :: StablePtr (IO ()) -> IO CInt
 
+failNonThreaded = fail $ "RTS doesn't support multiple OS threads "
+                       ++"(use ghc -threaded when linking)"
+    
 forkOS action 
     | rtsSupportsBoundThreads = do
 	mv <- newEmptyMVar
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ forkOS action
 	tid <- takeMVar mv
 	freeStablePtr entry
 	return tid
-    | otherwise = fail "RTS not built to support multiple OS threads."
+    | otherwise = failNonThreaded
 
 -- | Returns 'True' if the calling thread is /bound/, that is, if it is
 -- safe to use foreign libraries that rely on thread-local state from the
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ runInBoundThread action
 		case resultOrException of
 		    Left exception -> Exception.throw exception
 		    Right result -> return result
-    | otherwise = fail "RTS not built to support multiple OS threads."
+    | otherwise = failNonThreaded
 
 {- | 
 Run the 'IO' computation passed as the first argument. If the calling thread
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ runInUnboundThread action = do
       a thread may be pre-empted whenever it allocates some memory,
       which unfortunately means that tight loops which do no
       allocation tend to lock out other threads (this only seems to
-      happen with pathalogical benchmark-style code, however).
+      happen with pathological benchmark-style code, however).
 
       The rescheduling timer runs on a 20ms granularity by
       default, but this may be altered using the