diff --git a/Documentation/install.texi b/Documentation/install.texi
index b4eb8258d..56a4b5ea6 100644
--- a/Documentation/install.texi
+++ b/Documentation/install.texi
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 @ifset INSTALL_ONLY
 This file documents the installation of the GNUstep Base Library,
-@samp{libgnustep-base}.  Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1996 Free Software 
+@samp{libgnustep-base}.  Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997 Free Software 
 Foundation, Inc.  You may copy, distribute, and modify it freely as long
 as you preserve this copyright notice and permission notice.
 @chapter Installing @samp{libgnustep-base}
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ make
 make install
 @end example
 
+If you don't have @samp{libieee.a} on your system, @prog{configure} will
+say 
+@example
+configure: error: installation or configuration problem: 
+C compiler cannot create executables.
+@end example
+
 If you are running on a NeXT machine, @samp{gcc} probably configured
 itself to use the NeXT Objective C runtime by default.  Currently
 GNUstep only supports the GNU runtime.  To make @samp{gcc} use the GNU