diff --git a/src/README b/src/README
index ddad72986b..cece3fafcf 100644
--- a/src/README
+++ b/src/README
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ the Unix instructions below, but note the following:
     MzScheme and/or MrEd. The current directory at the time
     `configure' is run will be used as working space for building the
     executables (independent of --prefix). This build directory does
-    not have to be in the plt/ tree, even for an "in-place"
+    not have to be in the source tree, even for an "in-place"
     build. It's ok to run `configure' from its own directory (as in
     the example above), but it's often better to pick a separate build
     directory that is otherwise empty.
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ configurations for the following platforms:
               HP/UX
               FreeBSD
               OpenBSD
+              NetBSD
               OSF1 (Alpha)
               SCO Unix (x86)
 
diff --git a/src/configure b/src/configure
index e6d17f17fd..e9485f9eab 100755
--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -13380,7 +13380,18 @@ fi
 
 
 if test "${inplacebuild}" = "yes" ; then
-  echo ">>> Installation is in-place"
+  echo ">>> Installation is in-place:"
+  echo "      ${srcdir}/.."
+  echo "    Configure with --prefix if you wanted to install somewhere else."
+  if test "${enable_quartz}" != "yes" ; then
+    echo "    The --prefix option also makes the installed files better conform"
+    echo "    to Unix installation conventions. (The configure script will show"
+    echo "    you specific installation paths when --prefix is used.)"
+  fi
+  if test "${enable_shared}" != "yes" ; then
+    echo "    Alternately, you can simply "'`'"mv' the in-place installation after"
+    echo "    running "'`'"make install'."
+  fi
 else
   echo ">>> Installation targets:"
   echo " executables  : ${bindir}/..."
diff --git a/src/mzscheme/configure.ac b/src/mzscheme/configure.ac
index 143cd48cfd..a3d734f631 100644
--- a/src/mzscheme/configure.ac
+++ b/src/mzscheme/configure.ac
@@ -1268,7 +1268,18 @@ fi
 AC_OUTPUT($makefiles)
 
 if test "${inplacebuild}" = "yes" ; then
-  echo ">>> Installation is in-place"
+  echo ">>> Installation is in-place:"
+  echo "      ${srcdir}/.."
+  echo "    Configure with --prefix if you wanted to install somewhere else."
+  if test "${enable_quartz}" != "yes" ; then
+    echo "    The --prefix option also makes the installed files better conform"
+    echo "    to Unix installation conventions. (The configure script will show"
+    echo "    you specific installation paths when --prefix is used.)"
+  fi
+  if test "${enable_shared}" != "yes" ; then
+    echo "    Alternately, you can simply "'`'"mv' the in-place installation after"
+    echo "    running "'`'"make install'."
+  fi
 else
   echo ">>> Installation targets:"
   echo " executables  : ${bindir}/..."