diff --git a/INSTALL.Unix b/INSTALL.Unix
index 3c943fdde9a..776ea5b8006 100644
--- a/INSTALL.Unix
+++ b/INSTALL.Unix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ A high-level guide to Unix-like systems, inc. Mac OS X and Ubuntu.
 Community installation guides are available on the wiki:
 
     http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Installation
-    
+
 This document is the canonical source of installation information. However, many
 systems have gotchas that you need to be aware of. In addition, dependencies
 frequently change as distributions update their archives. If you're running into
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ the troubleshooting guide, mentioned above, for more information.
 Installing
 ----------
 
+To generate configure script run:
+
+    ./bootstrap
+
 Once you have satisfied the dependencies you should run:
 
     ./configure