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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 63af8eccf..fa9bf74a2 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ that uses $prefix, the built results have some paths encoded,
 which are derived from $prefix, so "make all; make prefix=/usr
 install" would not work.
 
+Alternatively you can use autoconf generated ./configure script to
+set up install paths (via config.mak.autogen), so you can write instead
+
+	$ make configure ;# as yourself
+	$ ./configure --prefix=/usr ;# as yourself
+	$ make all doc ;# as yourself
+	# make install install-doc ;# as root
+
+
 Issues of note:
 
  - git normally installs a helper script wrapper called "git", which
@@ -44,7 +53,7 @@ Issues of note:
 
 	- "libcurl" and "curl" executable.  git-http-fetch and
 	  git-fetch use them.  If you do not use http
-	  transfer, you are probabaly OK if you do not have
+	  transfer, you are probably OK if you do not have
 	  them.
 
 	- expat library; git-http-push uses it for remote lock
@@ -69,7 +78,7 @@ Issues of note:
 	  git, and if you only use git to track other peoples work you'll
 	  never notice the lack of it. 
 
-        - "wish", the TCL/Tk windowing shell is used in gitk to show the
+        - "wish", the Tcl/Tk windowing shell is used in gitk to show the
           history graphically
 
 	- "ssh" is used to push and pull over the net
@@ -96,7 +105,7 @@ Issues of note:
 
 	$ mkdir manual && cd manual
 	$ git init-db
-	$ git clone-pack git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git man html |
+	$ git fetch-pack git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git man html |
 	  while read a b
 	  do
 	    echo $a >.git/$b