diff --git a/README b/README
index ebd0d0b..029a2d4 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -24,12 +24,18 @@ This libburn.pykix.org toplevel README (C) 2006 Thomas Schmitt
 
                            Build and Installation
 
-Our build system is based on autotools.
-User experience tells us that you will need at least autotools version 1.7.
+Our build system is based on autotools. For preparing the build of a SVN 
+snapshot you will need autotools of at least version 1.7. 
+Check out from SVN by
+   svn co http://libburn-svn.pykix.org/trunk libburn_pykix
+and apply autotools by
+   ./bootstrap
+
+Alternatively you may unpack a release tarball for which you do not need
+autotools installed.
 
 To build libburn.pykix.org and its subprojects it should be sufficient to go
-into its toplevel directory and execute
-   ./bootstrap  (needed if you downloaded from SVN and not a release tarball)
+into its toplevel directory (here: "libburn_pykix") and execute
    ./configure
    make