--- a/README	Sat Mar 25 21:42:13 2000 +0000
+++ b/README	Sat Mar 25 22:28:17 2000 +0000
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@
 whatever.
 
 The panel (if you made an applet) requires certain things to be in certain
-places, I recommend adding the options --sysconfdir=/etc --datadir=/usr/share
-to ./configure --enable-gnome
+places, I recommend running:
+./configure --enable-gnome --sysconfdir=`gnome-config --sysconfdir` \
+--datadir=`gnome-config --datadir`
 
 Send me bug reports.  The web page is http://www.marko.net/gaim and the ftp
 site is ftp://ftp.marko.net/pub/gaim