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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index f17e2b3..57bfa54 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -51,9 +51,10 @@ nevertheless, a few standard environment variables are recognized.
detection by configure. The --host=HOST option will still add a HOST-
prefix to the value of CC.
- The values of CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS will be appended to flags
-auto-detected by configure. To entirely override the flags set by
-configure instead, use make variables.
+ The values of CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS will be appended to the
+default flags set by configure. To override those defaults instead
+of appending to them, use the CPPFLAGS, CFLAGS and LDFLAGS
+_make variables_ instead of environment variables.
* Make variables