diff --git a/README b/README
index 23f29b2..f6969fa 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@ If your distribution contains a `configure' file in the project root, you
 may jump immediately to INSTALL.
 
 Otherwise, you likely have the sources as they exist in the project
-repository, which does not contain the generature `configure' script; you
+repository, which does not contain the generated `configure' script; you
 may generate it by issuing the following commands:
 
-  $ aclocal && automake --add-missing --foreign && autoconf
+  $ autoreconf -fvi
 
-Please note that the --foreign argument is necessary to `automake' to ignore
-certain missing files (such as ChangeLog) that are generated at build time.
+Please note that certain files (such as AUTHORS, NEWS, and ChangeLog) are
+generated as part of the `dist' target and do not exist as part of the
+repository.