diff --git a/README b/README
index 0e7c2453d..f675c477f 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Building a Transmission release from the command line:
     $ tar xvfz Transmission-80.tar.gz
     $ cd Transmission-0.80
     $ ./configure && make
+    $ su (if necessary for the next line)
     $ make install
 
 Building Transmission from SVN:
@@ -31,5 +32,4 @@ Building Transmission from SVN:
     $ cd Transmission
     $ ./autogen.sh
     $ ./configure && make
-    $ make install