diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 979a8662ec9..9a8d7c3d02a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -226,14 +226,11 @@ following commands to compile it:
 
  * `mkdir -p build`
  * `cd build`
- * `cmake ..`
+ * `cmake ..` or `ccmake ..`
  * `make`
 
 Then you can use `sudo make install` to install it.
 
-You can also use the [`./configure`](configure) command to generate a `cmake`
-command with special options.
-
 For more information, especially how to set CMake Cache, see [here](doc/COMPILE.md).
 Make sure to read how to add plugins, tools and bindings.
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f7cc7df0937..a1bff0420e7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ echo "   --includedir=<dir> : -DINCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR:PATH=<dir>"
 echo "   --libdir=<dir>     : -DLIB_INSTALL_DIR:PATH=<dir>"
 echo "Once CMake has run successfully, you can use \"make edit_cache\" to view and modify all settings."
 echo ""
-echo "To configure all parts on a debian system, see scripts/configure-debian"
+echo "To configure all parts on a Debian system, see scripts/configure-debian"
 echo ""
 echo "Your current configure options translate more or less to:"
 echo "   mkdir -p $builddir; cd $builddir; cmake$CMAKEFLAGS $srcdir"