Index: INSTALL
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--- INSTALL	(revision 261fd340b8d23c416f5f5e7f898e170a8ad1c6e9)
+++ INSTALL	(revision 8d2844a9848e1bfbbfa5658f475772683c91d562)
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 
 Cforall is built using GNU Make and the GNU Autoconf system.  It also requires
-g++ version 4, bison and flex.  On systems where GNU Make is the default make
-it may suffice to build the system by entering the commands
+g++ version >= 4.6, bison and flex.  On systems where GNU Make is the default
+make, the system is built by entering the commands:
 
 	./configure
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 
 --prefix=/some/directory controls the path prefix common to all installed
-  cfa-cc components.  Some components will be installed in /some/directory/bin,
+  cfa-cc components.  Some components are installed in /some/directory/bin,
   others in /some/directory/lib.  If unspecified, this defaults to /usr/local.
-  If you wish to use (a subdirectory of) your home directory, ${HOME}/some/dir 
-  works, but it is important not to put quotes around the directory path; 
-  Cforall may appear to build, but the installed version may not work properly.
+  To use (a subdirectory of) your home directory, ${HOME}/some/dir works, but
+  it is important not to put quotes around the directory path; Cforall may
+  appear to build, but the installed version may not work properly.
 
 --with-backend-compiler=PROGRAM specifies the installed path of gcc.  It