diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 6af1ddc..dd7edf8 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -14,13 +14,19 @@
       ./configure
 
   * Use the --with-scsh-includes switch to specify the path to the
-    include directory of the scsh installation.
+    include directory of the scsh installation (default is
+    /usr/local/include).
+
   * Use the --with-scsh-libraries switch to specify the path to the
-    library directory of the scsh installation.
+    library directory of the scsh installation (default is
+    /usr/local/lib/scsh)
+
   * Use the --with-scsh-modules switch to specify the path to the
     directory where Sunterlib is installed if this directory is not in
-    the scsh library path (See the description of the -ll option in
-    the scsh manual for more information about the library path
+    the scsh library path (default is
+    /usr/local/lib/scsh/modules). See the description of the -ll
+    option in the scsh manual for more information about the library
+    path.
 
 3. Build scx by typing
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index 8692a2a..4f6af76 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ rendering.
 
 Please report bugs to scsh-bugs@zurich.ai.mit.edu.
 
-Installation instructions in file INSTALL.
+See the file INSTALL for installation instructions. The installation
+procedure will produce a new executable "scx" that replaces the "scsh"
+executable and an image "scx.image" that the scx executable will
+load. Later versions of scx will provide a more convenient way of
+building the system.
 
 There is currently no documentation specific to scx but the
 description of the original Elk API at