diff --git a/src/README b/src/README
index 711a77d3bd..c43daa9a82 100644
--- a/src/README
+++ b/src/README
@@ -150,19 +150,18 @@ the Unix instructions below, but note the following:
     executable directory for a --prefix build.
 
     For a --prefix build, this step also creates a "config.ss" module
-    in a "config" collection for a --prefix build, so that various PLT
-    tools and libraries can find the installation directories.  In
-    this case, you can also use a `DESTDIR' environment variable to
-    have the hierarchy constructed at a temporary place (useful for
-    packaging), for example: `make DESTDIR=/tmp/plt-build install'.
-    Note that if DESTDIR is used, the resulting installation will not
-    be functional until it is installed in the its intended place
-    (because at the end of this step, the generated "config.ss", the
-    binaries and the launchers will all get patched to point at the
-    installation paths, without the DESTDIR prefix).
+    in a "config" collection, so that various PLT tools and libraries
+    can find the installation directories. At this stage, in case you
+    are packaging an installation instead of installing directly, you
+    can redirect the installation by setting the "DESTDIR" environment
+    variable. For example, `make DESTDIR=/tmp/plt-build install'
+    places the installation into "/tmp/plt-build" instead of the
+    location originally specified with --prefix. The resulting
+    installation will not work, however, until it is moved to the
+    location originally specified with --prefix.
 
-    Finally, this step compiles ".zo" bytecode files for installed
-    Scheme source, and generates launcher programs like
+    Finally, the `make install' step compiles ".zo" bytecode files for
+    installed Scheme source, and generates launcher programs like
     "DrScheme". Use `make plain-install' to install without compiling
     ".zo" files or creating launchers.