diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 007e939..018d301 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -12,11 +12,16 @@ without warranty of any kind.
 Basic Installation
 ==================
 
-   Briefly, the shell commands `./configure; make; make install' should
-configure, build, and install this package.  The following
-more-detailed instructions are generic; see the `README' file for
-instructions specific to this package.  Some packages provide this
-`INSTALL' file but do not implement all of the features documented
+   Briefly, these shell commands should configure, build and install
+this package:
+
+$ ./configure
+$ make
+$ sudo make install
+
+The following more-detailed instructions are generic; see the `README'
+file for instructions specific to this package.  Some packages provide
+this `INSTALL' file but do not implement all of the features documented
 below.  The lack of an optional feature in a given package is not
 necessarily a bug.  More recommendations for GNU packages can be found
 in *note Makefile Conventions: (standards)Makefile Conventions.
diff --git a/README b/README
index 5bfd5a4..17f4491 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 termite v0.3
 ------------
-termite is a polyphonic, MIDI enabled, subtractive synth that runs in your terminal with an ascii interface.
-termite will connect to all MIDI devices and send output to the default audio device on your system.
+termite is a polyphonic, MIDI enabled, subtractive synth that runs in your
+terminal with an ascii interface.
 
-![alt tag](http://littleio.co/static/img/termite.png)
+termite will connect to all MIDI devices and send output to the default audio
+device on your system.
 
 ### Building
-First check if you have the laf submodule
-```
-git submodule init
-git submodule update
-```
-Then run 'make' and it will compile a 'termite' executable which you can run.
+Run these commands to build the project from source:
+
+$ autoreconf -i
+$ ./configure
+$ make
+
+And then if you want to install, next run:
+
+$ sudo make install
 
 ### Controls
 * awsedftgyhujkolp;' - a playable keyboard (no key up events)