diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 8d5f1bbb9..a2e535955 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -78,10 +78,15 @@ Unpack the tar-ball and cd into the verilog-######### directory
 (presumably that is how you got to this README) and compile the source
 with the commands:
 	
-  sh autoconf.sh
   ./configure
   make
 
+If you are building from git, you have to run the command below before
+compile the source. This will generate the "configure" file, which is 
+automatically done when building from tarball.
+
+  sh configure.sh
+
 Normally, this command automatically figures out everything it needs
 to know. It generally works pretty well. There are a few flags to the
 configure script that modify its behavior: