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diff --git a/distrib/INSTALL b/distrib/INSTALL
index d4f722c..f6cfa5c 100644
--- a/distrib/INSTALL
+++ b/distrib/INSTALL
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 This is the INSTALL instructions for a binary distribution of one of
-the fptools projects. For more details on what on earth this package
-is up to, please consult the README and ANNOUNCE.
+the fptools projects (eg. GHC). For more details on what on earth this
+package is up to, please consult the README and ANNOUNCE.
 
 To start using the bundle, you can either:
 
@@ -10,42 +10,38 @@ To start using the bundle, you can either:
 
 * get it over with, and do the full install (details of how are ahead).
 
-NOTE Win32 users: see comment below before continuing.
+To set the ball rolling, run the configure script (as usual, run the
+script with --help to see what options it supports).  eg. to set up
+the package for installing in directory <my-dir>, use
 
-To set the ball rolling, run the configure script (as usual, run
-the script with --help to see what options it supports).
+	./configure --prefix=<my-dir>
 
-This will figure out what platform you're running on, and a couple of other
-interesting pieces of trivia, which it will then fill in the Makefile.in
-template to give you a real Makefile. 
+The default installation directory is /usr/local.  For using the
+package in-place, the --prefix option can be omitted.
 
-[Win32 users: don't be alarmed if you should encounter the following
- message from the configure script:
-  
-      not updating unwritable cache ./config.cache
+This will figure out what platform you're running on, and a couple of
+other interesting pieces of trivia, which it will then fill in the
+Makefile.in template to give you a real Makefile.  If you're of a
+paranoid persuasion, you might want to take a look at this Makefile to
+see if the information is correct.
 
-This is a known problem of generated autoconf configure scripts running
-on cygwin, but harmless (it only means you get to re-do all the configure
-tests should you decide to re-run the script.)
-]
-
-Have a look at the Makefile to see if you agree with the information
-therein. If you want to use the bundle in-place, now run:
+To use the software in-place, now run:
 
 	make in-place
 
-If you're installing,  run
+or if you're installing,  run
 
 	make install 
 
 (`make show-install-setup' prints the details of where the different
 pieces of the bundle are heading when -- possibly helpful).
 
-GHC's installation instructions have more information, check out
-http://www.haskell.org/ghc/documentation.html.
+If you're installing GHC, then its installation instructions have more
+information, check out http://www.haskell.org/ghc/documentation.html.
 
 Bug reports/suggestions for improvement to the installation procedure/setup
 (as well as other GHC related troubles you're experiencing, of course),
-gratefully received at glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org
+gratefully received at glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org.
 
-Enjoy.
+Enjoy,
+-- The GHC Team.