--- code/trunk/README	2007/04/18 09:26:41	154
+++ code/trunk/README	2007/04/24 13:36:11	155
@@ -436,9 +436,12 @@
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 The command "make dist" creates three PCRE tarballs, in tar.gz, tar.bz2, and
-zip formats. However, if you have modified any of the man page sources in the
-doc directory, you should first run the PrepareRelease script. This re-creates
-the .txt and HTML forms of the documentation from the man pages.
+zip formats. The command "make distcheck" does the same, but then does a trial
+build of the new distribution to ensure that it works.
+
+If you have modified any of the man page sources in the doc directory, you
+should first run the PrepareRelease script before making a distribution. This
+script creates the .txt and HTML forms of the documentation from the man pages.
 
 
 Testing PCRE
@@ -711,4 +714,4 @@
 Philip Hazel
 Email local part: ph10
 Email domain: cam.ac.uk
-Last updated: 16 April 2007
+Last updated: 24 April 2007