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index a4dc0d641..611b9a45b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ All other documentation is in the ikiwiki documentation wiki, which is also
 available online at <http://ikiwiki.info/>
 
 
-A few special variables you can set while using the Makefile:
+A few special variables you can set while using the Makefile.PL:
 
   PROFILE=1 turns on profiling for the build of the doc wiki.
   (Uses Devel::NYTProf)
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ A few special variables you can set while using the Makefile:
   unless your perl is less buggy than mine -- see
   http://bugs.debian.org/411786)
 
+  MAKE, FIND, and SED can be used to specify where you have the GNU
+  versions of those tools installed, if the normal make, find, and sed
+  are not GNU.
+
   There are also other variables supported by MakeMaker, including PREFIX,
   INSTALL_BASE, and DESTDIR. See ExtUtils::MakeMaker(3).