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@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ See doc/api.md for detailed information about this interface.
 
 * Building and Installation
 
-First, you'll want to customize include/config.h as detailed from
-include/config.mk.h, then build via running ./build.sh
+First, you'll want specify your server and channel as well as bot username
+and a password. This can be done either with command-line options or in a
+specified credentials file.
 
 This'll require a few libraries:
 libircclient-dev libsqlite3-dev build-essentials