diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 5417d4dc2..84551b35b 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -242,6 +242,10 @@ This file describes the procedures to install ngspice from sources.
         of readline.
         See https://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/
 
+ --enable-shortcheck
+        Enables a 'make check' with strongly reduced runtime. Besides some
+        regression tests only BSIM3 and BSM4 devices are checked.
+
 1.5.2 Options Specific to Enable Ngspice as a shared library
 
  --with-ngshared