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diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7bbc8f2e..ed45dc8d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -868,19 +868,16 @@ Configured on $(date) using
cat <<!
The configuration seems to have been successful. That doesn't mean it's
-correct. Please check the above output for any problems, and verify that the
+correct! Please check the above output for any problems, and verify that the
contents of the generated files config.make and config.h are sane for the
target platform.
-The next step is one of these two.
+The next step is to build the program with make.
-Method 1: if you have permissions to the installation directories:
- make install
+If that is successful, please follow the INSTALL guide.
-Method 2: if you have to or want to be another user such as root to install:
- make
- su <userid>
- (give password, if asked)
- make install
+Usually, most users just need to "make tests" and "make install",
+possibly switching to superuser for "make install" if the prefix
+points to a privileged location like /usr/local/.
!