diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 999e9082a..caaf9ca9f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
+2001-03-07  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
+
+	* INSTALL, docs/BUILD: We need GNU make 3.78 or newer.
+
 2001-03-07  Tom Kacvinsky  <tjk@ams.org>
 
-	* src/type1/t1objs.c (T1_Init_Face): Minor correction:  we must wait
+	* src/type1/t1objs.c (T1_Init_Face): Minor correction: We must wait
 	until parse_font_bbox is changed before we use logical shift rights
 	in the assignments of `root->ascender', `root->descender', and
 	`root->max_advance_width'.
 
 	(T1_Done_Face): Free `char_name' table to avoid a memory leak.
-	Submitted by Sander van der Wal <svdwal@xs4all.nl>
+	Submitted by Sander van der Wal <svdwal@xs4all.nl>.
 
 2001-03-05  Tom Kacvinsky  <tjk@ams.org>
 
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index cdb076a5e..2afa7faa2 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ directory.  This is only a quick starter.
 I. From the command line
 ------------------------
 
-  You need  to have GNU Make  installed on your system  to compile the
-  library from the command line.  This will _not_ work with other make
-  tools (including BSD make)!
+  You need to have GNU Make  (version 3.78 or newer) installed on your
+  system  to compile  the library  from the  command line.   This will
+  _not_ work with other make tools (including BSD make)!
 
   [Well, this is not  really correct.  Recently, a perl implementation
   of make called `makepp' has appeared which can also build FreeType 2
diff --git a/docs/BUILD b/docs/BUILD
index 86b292157..d8ac6aadb 100644
--- a/docs/BUILD
+++ b/docs/BUILD
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ instructions on how to compile the library on your favorite platform.
 I. QUICK COMMAND-LINE GUIDE
 ---------------------------
 
-  Install GNU Make, then try the  following on Unix or any system with
-  gcc:
+  Install GNU Make (version 3.78  or newer), then try the following on
+  Unix or any system with gcc:
 
       make    // this will setup the build
       make    // this will build the library
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ II. COMMAND-LINE COMPILATION
 
     to display its version number.
 
+    Version 3.78 or newer is needed.
+
   b. Invoke `make'
 
     Go to  the root  directory of FreeType  2, then simply  invoke GNU