diff --git a/docs/INSTALL.UNIX b/docs/INSTALL.UNIX
index ad7bfccf1..251c749a3 100644
--- a/docs/INSTALL.UNIX
+++ b/docs/INSTALL.UNIX
@@ -90,13 +90,14 @@ or MSys on Win32:
     OpenType  fonts)  depends on  FreeType,  which  can be  solved  as
     follows in case HarfBuzz is not yet installed on your system.
 
-    1. Call     FreeType's     configure    script     with     option
+    1. Call    FreeType's     `configure'    script     with    option
        `--without-harfbuzz', then compile and install FreeType.
 
     2. Compile and install HarfBuzz.
 
-    3. Call    FreeType's    configure     script    without    option
-       `--without-harfbuzz', then compile and install FreeType again.
+    3. Call    FreeType's    `configure'   script    without    option
+       `--without-harfbuzz' (after  executing `make  distclean'), then
+       compile and install FreeType again.
 
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/docs/freetype-config.1 b/docs/freetype-config.1
index acbc73d1b..e5d72510c 100644
--- a/docs/freetype-config.1
+++ b/docs/freetype-config.1
@@ -85,4 +85,20 @@ Override `--exec-prefix' value with
 .IR EPREFIX .
 .
 .
+.SH BUGS
+In case the libraries FreeType links to are located in non-standard
+directories, the output from option
+.B \-\-libs
+might be incomplete.
+It is thus recommended to use the
+.BR pkg-config (1)
+interface instead, which is able to correctly resolve all dependencies.
+.
+.
+.SH AUTHOR
+.
+This manual page was contributed by Nis Martensen <nis.martensen@web.de>,
+with further refinements from the FreeType team.
+.
+.
 .\" eof