diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index a75a0d0..387a1f0 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Autoconf support and portability isues:
   Marcus Sundberg <mackan@stacken.kth.se>
   Peter Andreasen <pandr@pandr.dk>
   Daniel J. O'Connor <darius@dons.net.au>
+  Tim Rowley <tor@cs.brown.edu>
 
 Sound cleanups:
   Ryan C. Gordon <ryan_gordon@hotmail.com>
@@ -85,3 +86,4 @@ CD-ROM support/optimizations:
 
 AIX/IRIX/Sun support:
   Loring Holden <lsh@cs.brown.edu>
+  Tim Rowley <tor@cs.brown.edu>
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 50dbe43..c667a3e 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ Basic Installation
 
    These are generic installation instructions.
 
+Autoconf 2.13 or greater required to use the bootstrap script.
+Run bootstrap first.
+
    The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
 various system-dependent variables used during compilation.  It uses
 those values to create a `Makefile' in each directory of the package.
diff --git a/README b/README
index 2d2909c..76475a1 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ III. Running and Compiling Quake
 
 Read the INSTALL file for more information on compiling.
 
+Autoconf 2.13 or greater required to use the bootstrap script.
+
 After you have compiled successfully, you must download the shareware
 version of Quake 1 to play. Insert the proper binaries in the same
 directory as the unpacked shareware files, and run.