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+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This package contains a beta version of Gnus.  The lisp directory
+This package contains a alpha version of Gnus.  The lisp directory
 contains the source lisp files, and the texi directory contains a
 draft of the Gnus info pages.
 
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ in your .emacs file, or wherever you keep such things.
 
 To enable reading the Gnus manual, you could say something like:
 
+  (require 'info)
   (setq Info-default-directory-list 
         (cons "~/gnus-5.6.53/texi" Info-default-directory-list))
 
 or
 
+  (require 'info)
   (setq Info-directory-list 
         (cons "~/gnus-5.6.53/texi" Info-directory-list))
 
@@ -37,7 +39,10 @@ in your Emacs, you should probably exit that Emacs and start a new one
 to fire up Gnus.
 
 Gnus does absolutely not work with anything older than Emacs 20.3 or
-XEmacs 20.0.  So you definitely need a new Emacs.
+XEmacs 20.0.  So you definitely need a new Emacs.  
+
+To compile the Gnus manual, you either need a pretty new Emacs, or a
+pretty new version of the texinfo tools.
 
 Then you do a `M-x gnus', and everything should... uhm... it should
 work, but it might not. Set `debug-on-error' to t, and mail me the