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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 59200b730..16e45f114 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ Issues of note:
 	- A POSIX-compliant shell is required to run many scripts needed
 	  for everyday use (e.g. "bisect", "pull").
 
-	- "Perl" is needed to use some of the features (e.g. preparing a
-	  partial commit using "git add -i/-p", interacting with svn
-	  repositories with "git svn").  If you can live without these, use
-	  NO_PERL.
+	- "Perl" version 5.8 or later is needed to use some of the
+	  features (e.g. preparing a partial commit using "git add -i/-p",
+	  interacting with svn repositories with "git svn").  If you can
+	  live without these, use NO_PERL.
 
 	- "openssl" library is used by git-imap-send to use IMAP over SSL.
 	  If you don't need it, use NO_OPENSSL.
@@ -122,8 +122,9 @@ Issues of note:
    Building and installing the pdf file additionally requires
    dblatex.  Version 0.2.7 with asciidoc >= 8.2.7 is known to work.
 
-   The documentation is written for AsciiDoc 7, but "make
-   ASCIIDOC8=YesPlease doc" will let you format with AsciiDoc 8.
+   The documentation is written for AsciiDoc 7, but by default
+   uses some compatibility wrappers to work on AsciiDoc 8. If you have
+   AsciiDoc 7, try "make ASCIIDOC7=YesPlease".
 
    Alternatively, pre-formatted documentation is available in
    "html" and "man" branches of the git repository itself.  For