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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 00ba6633a..cd9fa4131 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ A) Building in the source-tree:
B) Building out-of-tree:
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+Note that top_srcdir, O and top_builddir have to be given as absolute paths.
+
1) make the directory to hold the object files and chdir to it:
'mkdir /tmp/bb ; cd /tmp/bb'
Then prepare the config giving the full path to the source in top_srcdir: