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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 049ff21f5c..119564398d 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -416,6 +416,24 @@
   no-pic
                    Don't build with support for Position Independent Code.
 
+  no-pinshared     By default OpenSSL will attempt to stay in memory until the
+                   process exits. This is so that libcrypto and libssl can be
+                   properly cleaned up automatically via an "atexit()" handler.
+                   The handler is registered by libcrypto and cleans up both
+                   libraries. On some platforms the atexit() handler will run on
+                   unload of libcrypto (if it has been dynamically loaded)
+                   rather than at process exit. This option can be used to stop
+                   OpenSSL from attempting to stay in memory until the process
+                   exits. This could lead to crashes if either libcrypto or
+                   libssl have already been unloaded at the point
+                   that the atexit handler is invoked, e.g. on a platform which
+                   calls atexit() on unload of the library, and libssl is
+                   unloaded before libcrypto then a crash is likely to happen.
+                   Applications can suppress running of the atexit() handler at
+                   run time by using the OPENSSL_INIT_NO_ATEXIT option to
+                   OPENSSL_init_crypto(). See the man page for it for further
+                   details.
+
   no-posix-io
                    Don't use POSIX IO capabilities.
 
@@ -955,10 +973,10 @@
 
   *  COMPILING existing applications
 
-     OpenSSL 1.1.0 hides a number of structures that were previously
-     open.  This includes all internal libssl structures and a number
-     of EVP types.  Accessor functions have been added to allow
-     controlled access to the structures' data.
+     Starting with version 1.1.0, OpenSSL hides a number of structures
+     that were previously open.  This includes all internal libssl
+     structures and a number of EVP types.  Accessor functions have
+     been added to allow controlled access to the structures' data.
 
      This means that some software needs to be rewritten to adapt to
      the new ways of doing things.  This often amounts to allocating
@@ -1061,7 +1079,7 @@
 
  depend
                 Rebuild the dependencies in the Makefiles. This is a legacy
-                option that no longer needs to be used in OpenSSL 1.1.0.
+                option that no longer needs to be used since OpenSSL 1.1.0.
 
  install
                 Install all OpenSSL components.