1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index a9a2259d8f5..58f5208131f 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ Emacs source code in the directory that `configure' is in.
 To build in a separate directory, you must use a version of `make'
 that supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'.
 
-3c) Some people try to build in a separate directory
-by filling it full of symlinks to the real source directory.
+3c) Some people try to build in a separate directory by filling
+it full of symlinks to the files in the real source directory.
 If you do that, `make all' does work, but `make install' fails:
 it copies the symbolic links rather than the actual files.