diff --git a/src/INSTALL b/src/INSTALL
index 338ed54c..acf321e3 100644
--- a/src/INSTALL
+++ b/src/INSTALL
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Installing Recoll
     Prerequisites
 
    At the very least, you will need to download and install the xapian core
-   package (I am currently using xapian version 0.8.5), and the qt runtime
+   package (I am currently using xapian version 0.9.2), and the qt runtime
    and development packages (I am currently using qt 3.3.3).
 
    You will most probably be able to find a binary package for qt for your
@@ -72,19 +72,17 @@ Installing Recoll
 
   Installation
 
-   Execute installrecoll targetdir, in the root of the source tree. This
-   will:
+    Commands and common files
 
-     * Only if you have write access on targetdir/bin, copy qtgui/recoll and
-       index/recollindex to targetdir/bin (but you could also execute them
-       from their build directories).
-     * Only if you are not root check if ~/.recoll exists, and if it does
-       not:
-          * Copy all files from sampleconf/* to ~/.recoll
-          * Copy all files from filters/* to ~/.recoll.
+   Either type make install or execute recollinstall targetdir, in the root
+   of the source tree. This will copy the commands to $targetdir/bin and the
+   sample configuration files to $targetdir/share/examples/recoll
 
-   Typically, you would execute the script once as root to install the
-   programs to /usr/local, and once as yourself to create the configuration.
+    Personal configuration
+
+   Either type make installme in the root of the source tree, or execute
+   recollinstall. This will copy the configuration files to the .recoll
+   directory in your home.
 
   Configuration
 
@@ -94,12 +92,12 @@ Installing Recoll
 
    The main configuration file is named ~/.recoll/recoll.conf.
 
-   There is a commented sample in the sampleconf subdirectory, it was copied
-   to ~/.recoll at the previous step, take a look and possibly edit it. By
+   A commented sample was copied to ~/.recoll by the installation. By
    default, it will index your home directory.
 
    Then start recollindex, and wait for indexing to complete (this may take
-   some time). When it's done, you can start recoll and try a search.
+   some time). When it's done, you can start recoll and try a search. See the
+   user manual for a little more details
 
    Depending on what is installed on your system, you may also want to adjust
    the external viewers defined in ~/.recoll/mimeconf (ie: html is either
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index cfb748f9..0f09d686 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ clean:
 	cd index; ${MAKE} clean
 	cd lib; ${MAKE} clean
 	cd bincimapmime; ${MAKE} clean
-	cd qtgui; rm -f recoll; ${MAKE} clean
 	cd query; ${MAKE} clean
 	cd utils; ${MAKE} clean
-	rm -f qtgui/Makefile qtgui/preview/Makefile
+	@-cd qtgui; ${MAKE} clean
+	rm -f qtgui/Makefile qtgui/preview/Makefile qtgui/recoll
 
 install: all
 	./recollinstall ${PREFIX}
diff --git a/src/README b/src/README
index de9d87c0..547506b1 100644
--- a/src/README
+++ b/src/README
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Recoll
      * An interactive configuration tool. You need to edit files by hand for
        now.
      * Packages, rpm or other. It's all tar files currently.
-     * Documentation and help.
+     * More documentation and help.
      * Translations for the user interface.
      * A few more filters for less common file types.
 
diff --git a/src/excludefile b/src/excludefile
index 8386a41e..dc318404 100644
--- a/src/excludefile
+++ b/src/excludefile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ TAGS
 config.cache
 config.log
 config.status
+makesrcdist.sh
 sysconf
 qtgui/Makefile
 qtgui/preview/Makefile
diff --git a/src/makesrcdist.sh b/src/makesrcdist.sh
index abbb98d5..b9413ef6 100644
--- a/src/makesrcdist.sh
+++ b/src/makesrcdist.sh
@@ -40,16 +40,19 @@ A more complete version of this document can be found at http://www.recoll.org
 
 EOF
 
-links -dump ~/projets/pagepers/recoll/index.html >> README
-links -dump ~/projets/pagepers/recoll/credits.html >> README
-links -dump ~/projets/pagepers/recoll/usermanual.html >> README
-links -dump ~/projets/pagepers/recoll/installation.html >> INSTALL
+echo "Dumping html documentation to text files"
+RECOLLDOC=${RECOLLDOC:=$HOME/projets/lesbonscomptes/recoll}
+
+links -dump ${RECOLLDOC}/index.html >> README
+links -dump ${RECOLLDOC}/credits.html >> README
+links -dump ${RECOLLDOC}/usermanual.html >> README
+links -dump ${RECOLLDOC}/installation.html >> INSTALL
 cvs commit -m '' README INSTALL
 
 # Clean up this dir and copy the dist-specific files 
 make clean
 yes | clean.O
-$TAR chfX - excludefile .  | (cd $topdir;$TAR xvf -)
+$TAR chfX - excludefile .  | (cd $topdir;$TAR xf -)
 
 CVSTAG="RECOLL-$versionforcvs"
 [ $dotag = "yes" ] && cvs tag -F $CVSTAG .
diff --git a/src/makestaticdist.sh b/src/makestaticdist.sh
index 3fe30fd4..ba82ce10 100644
--- a/src/makestaticdist.sh
+++ b/src/makestaticdist.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ rm -f index/recollindex qtgui/recoll
 make static || exit 1
 strip index/recollindex qtgui/recoll
 
-files='COPYING README INSTALL installrecoll
+files='COPYING README INSTALL recollinstall
 filters sampleconf 
 index/recollindex qtgui/recoll'