autoreconf info

INSTALL

@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ some point `config.cache' contains results you don't want to keep, you
 may remove or edit it.
 
    The file `configure.ac' (or `configure.in') is used to create
-`configure' by a program called `autoconf'.  You need `configure.ac' if
-you want to change it or regenerate `configure' using a newer version
-of `autoconf'.
+`configure' by a perl program called `autoreconf' (see  autoreconf -h
+for details). `Makefile.in` is also generated from `Makefile.am`.
+You need `configure.ac' if you want to change it or regenerate
+`configure' using a newer version of `autoreconf'.
 
 The simplest way to compile this package is: