diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 0d054c0685..c3ef7d9eb4 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-BOINC documentation is kept online at
-http://boinc.berkeley.edu/create_project.php
+To build the BOINC client software:
+    ./_autosetup
+    ./configure --disable_server
 
-The documentation is also part of the source tree
-(in the doc/ directory).
+For more information, visit:
+http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/CompileClient
+http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/BuildSystem
diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 97616047e4..c75e551657 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -483,3 +483,8 @@ David  Jan 14 2008
         sandbox.C,h
     lib/
         filesys.C,h
+
+David  Jan 14 2008
+    - updated INSTALL
+
+    INSTALL