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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 424869aa10..6066fddc4a 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
 
   no-<cipher>   Build without the specified cipher (bf, cast, des, dh, dsa,
                 hmac, md2, md5, mdc2, rc2, rc4, rc5, rsa, sha).
+                The crypto/<cipher> directory can be removed after running
+                "make depend".
 
   -Dxxx, -lxxx, -Lxxx, -fxxx, -Kxxx These system specific options will
                 be passed through to the compiler to allow you to
@@ -117,6 +119,14 @@
      Include the output of "./config -t" and the OpenSSL version
      number in your message.
 
+     [If you encounter assembler error messages, try the "no-asm"
+     configuration option as an immediate fix.  Note that on Solaris x86
+     (not on Sparcs!) you may have to install the GNU assembler to use
+     OpenSSL assembler code -- /usr/ccs/bin/as won't do.]
+
+     Compiling parts of OpenSSL with gcc and others with the system
+     compiler will result in unresolved symbols on some systems.
+
   3. After a successful build, the libraries should be tested. Run:
 
        $ make test
@@ -131,7 +141,7 @@
        $ make install
 
      This will create the installation directory (if it does not exist) and
-     then create the following subdirectories:
+     then the following subdirectories:
 
        certs           Initially empty, this is the default location
                        for certificate files.
@@ -139,14 +149,14 @@
        private         Initially empty, this is the default location
                        for private key files.
 
-     If you didn't chose a different installation prefix, lib also contains
-     the library files themselves, and the following additional subdirectories
-     will be created:
+     If you didn't chose a different installation prefix, the
+     following additional subdirectories will be created:
 
        bin             Contains the openssl binary and a few other 
                        utility programs. 
        include/openssl Contains the header files needed if you want to
                        compile programs with libcrypto or libssl.
+       lib             Contains the OpenSSL library files themselves.
 
      Package builders who want to configure the library for standard
      locations, but have the package installed somewhere else so that
@@ -234,7 +244,7 @@
  necessary).
 
  On other systems, to enable support for multi-threading, you will have
- to specifiy at least two options: "threads", and a system-dependent option.
+ to specify at least two options: "threads", and a system-dependent option.
  (The latter is "-D_REENTRANT" on various systems.)  The default in this
  case, obviously, is not to include support for multi-threading (but
  you can still use "no-threads" to suppress an annoying warning message