--- a/INSTALL.minc
+++ b/INSTALL.minc
@@ -1,24 +1,17 @@
 See INSTALL for generic installation instructions.
 
-		Shared or Static libraries?
-		---------------------------
-
+Shared or Static libraries?
+---------------------------
 By default, only a static version (i.e. libminc.a) will be produced.
 A shared version of the library may be enabled using the configure
 flag "--enabled-shared".  See also "--disable-static".
 
 
-		Finding NetCDF/HDF5
-		-------------------
-
-The NetCDF library 
-
-    http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/
-
-must be built and installed before you can build MINC.  
-
-Teaching MINC to find the NetCDF library depends on where
-the latter is installed.  There are two
+Finding NetCDF/HDF5
+-------------------
+The NetCDF and HDF libraries must be built and installed before you 
+can build MINC. Teaching MINC to find the NetCDF library depends on where
+the latter is installed.  There are two possibilities here:
 
 1. NetCDF may be installed in a location where the compiler can find
 it.  If so, you have nothing to do.
@@ -27,32 +20,24 @@
 live in /usr/local/include and the library file lives in
 /usr/local/include.  The prefix may be something else; "/opt" is
 common, too.  If this is the case, you should pass the argument
-"--with-build-path=/usr/local" (substitute appropriate prefix) to
-configure.
+"--with-build-path=/usr/local" to configure.
 
 
-		Running configure
-		-----------------
-
+Running configure
+-----------------
 We not also need to tell configure that we want the build a MINC2
 version of MINC so we need to add the --enable-minc2 argument to
 the configure line as below. If you dont use this option the HDF5
 back-end of MINC will not be built and you will be left with what 
 will essentially be a MINC 1.X build.
 
-Now run configure with the arguments you have deduced above, if you
-are a csh user you should type: 
-
-   sh ./configure --enable-minc2 <other options>
-
-If you are an educated bash/sh user, then you can just type:
+Now run configure with the arguments you have deduced above
 
    ./configure --enable-minc2 <options>
 
 
-		compiling
-		---------
-
+Compiling
+---------
 Now that things are configured all you need to do is run:
 
   make
@@ -62,4 +47,9 @@
   make install
 
 
+Building against the MINC2 library
+----------------------------------
+From here on in if you wish to build against the MINC2 library with
+other packages you will have to use the --with-minc2 configure flag
 
+