diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0b15f43e..945b6cf6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ ltversion.m4
 lt~obsolete.m4
 pm_to_blib
 stamp-h1
+MYMETA.*
 
 docs/help/Makefile.am
 docs/help/[a-z]*
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index a83a6c76..234c6cf6 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ To compile irssi you need:
 
 For most people, this should work just fine:
 
- ./configure
+ ./autogen.sh     (for people who just cloned the repository)
+ ./configure      (if this script already exists, skip ./autogen.sh)
  make
  su
  make install     (not _really_ required except for perl support)