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--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ There are two ways to get a source tree:
       ghc-<version>-src-extralibs.tar.bz2
 
   You only need the first one, which contains GHC itself and
-  the "core" libraries.  
+  the "boot" libraries.
 
   The extralibs package contains a bunch of optional libraries.  If
   you want, you can unpack this over the top of your source tree, and
@@ -45,16 +45,17 @@ There are two ways to get a source tree:
 
     $ darcs get http://darcs.haskell.org/ghc/
 
-  Then run the darcs-all shell script in that repository 
+  Then run the darcs-all script in that repository
   to get the other repositories:
 
      $ cd ghc
-     $ sh darcs-all get
+     $ chmod +x darcs-all
+     $ ./darcs-all get
 
-  This grabs the "core" packages by default.  To get the full set of
+  This grabs the "boot" packages by default.  To get the full set of
   packages, instead say
 
-     $ sh darcs-all --extra get
+     $ ./darcs-all --extra get
 
   This also downloads the libraries that are normally bundled in the
   "extralibs" package (see above).
@@ -63,33 +64,47 @@ There are two ways to get a source tree:
 Building & Installing
 =====================
 
+For full information on building GHC, see the GHC Building Guide [3].
+Here follows a summary - if you get into trouble, the Building Guide
+has all the answers.
+
 NB. you need GHC installed in order to build GHC, because the compiler
 is itself written in Haskell.  It is possible to build GHC using just
 a C compiler, but we don't recommend this as the normal route.  If you
-*really* want to do it this way, then see the Building Guide (link
-below).
+*really* want to do it this way, then see the Building Guide.
 
-You also need a few other tools installed: Happy [4], Alex [5], and
-Haddock [6] (for building library documentation), and a good DocBook
-XML toolchain if you want to build the compiler documentation. 
+If you're building from darcs sources (as opposed to a source
+distribution) then you also need to install Happy [4] and Alex [5].
+
+For building library documentation, you'll need Haddock [6].  To build
+the compiler documentation, you need a good DocBook XML toolchain.
 
 Quick start:  the following gives you a default build:
 
-	$ sh boot
-	$ ./configure
-	$ make
-	$ make install
+    $ sh boot
+    $ ./configure
+    $ make
+    $ make install
 
 The "sh boot" step is only necessary if this is a tree checked out
 from darcs.  For source distributions downloaded from GHC's web site,
 this step has already been performed.
 
+If you want the documentation too then use these commands instead:
+
+    $ echo "XMLDocWays   = html" > mk/build.mk
+    $ echo "HADDOCK_DOCS = YES" >> mk/build.mk
+    $ sh boot
+    $ ./configure
+    $ make
+    $ make install
+    $ make install-docs
+
 These steps give you the default build, which includes everything
 optimised and built in various ways (eg. profiling libs are built).
 It can take a long time.  To customise the build, see the file
 HACKING.
 
-For full information on building GHC, see the GHC Building Guide [3].
 
 
 References
@@ -107,5 +122,5 @@ Contributors
 ============
 
 Please see
-  
+
    http://www.haskell.org/ghc/contributors.html