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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index f11d7cf22b..31d88574cf 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -51,6 +51,19 @@
   --openssldir=DIR Directory for OpenSSL files. If no prefix is specified,
                 the library files and binaries are also installed there.
 
+  no-autoalginit Don't automatically load all supported ciphers and digests.
+                Typically OpenSSL will make available all of its supported
+                ciphers and digests. For a statically linked application this
+                may be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
+                This only affects libcrypto. Ciphers and digests will have to be
+                loaded manually using EVP_add_cipher() and EVP_add_digest() if
+                this option is used.
+
+  no-autoerrinit Don't automatically load all libcrypto/libssl error strings.
+                Typically OpenSSL will automatically load human readable error
+                strings. For a statically linked application this may be
+                undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
+
   no-threads    Don't try to build with support for multi-threaded
                 applications.
 
@@ -181,9 +194,6 @@
 
        $ HARNESS_VERBOSE=yes make test
 
-     Also, you will find logs for all commands the tests have executed
-     in logs, test/test_*.log, one for each individual test.
-
      If you want to run just one or a few specific tests, you can use
      the make variable TESTS to specify them, like this:
 
@@ -197,6 +207,9 @@
 
        $ make list-tests
 
+     Have a look at the manual for the perl module Test::Harness to
+     see what other HARNESS_* variables there are.
+
      If you find a problem with OpenSSL itself, try removing any
      compiler optimization flags from the CFLAG line in Makefile and
      run "make clean; make".
@@ -239,10 +252,9 @@
      locations, but have the package installed somewhere else so that
      it can easily be packaged, can use
 
-       $ make INSTALL_PREFIX=/tmp/package-root install
+       $ make DESTDIR=/tmp/package-root install
 
-     (or specify "--install_prefix=/tmp/package-root" as a configure
-     option).  The specified prefix will be prepended to all
+     The specified destination directory will be prepended to all
      installation target filenames.
 
 
@@ -327,6 +339,10 @@
  you can still use "no-threads" to suppress an annoying warning message
  from the Configure script.)
 
+ OpenSSL provides built-in support for two threading models: pthreads (found on
+ most UNIX/Linux systems), and Windows threads. No other threading models are
+ supported. If your platform does not provide pthreads or Windows threads then
+ you should Configure with the "no-threads" option.
 
  Note on shared libraries
  ------------------------