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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index aacfd9ad..342ae2a9 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written        --
 -- authorization.                                                            --
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--- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.235 2021/10/19 23:34:17 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.237 2021/11/20 17:54:20 tom Exp $
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              How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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@@ -1146,8 +1146,18 @@ CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
 	path.  The configure script allows only a single directory, because
 	that is used as the directory in which to install ".pc" files.
 
-	The automatic check for the library path selects the first directory
-	which currently exists.
+	The automatic check for the library path prefers the first directory
+	which currently exists.  If none of the directories listed by
+	pkg-config exist, the check prefers a pkgconfig directory under the
+	"libdir" set by the configure script (which may not be the system
+	default), or if pkg-config lists nothing suitable, the first one which
+	is listed by pkg-config is used.
+
+	Automatic selection is overridden by providing an option-value
+	beginning with "/".
+
+	If this option is omitted, the default directory for installing
+	".pc" files is ${libdir}/pkgconfig
 
     --with-profile
 	Generate profile-libraries These are named by adding "_p" to the root,