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diff --git a/README b/README
index 6b78774..0083012 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,14 +1,22 @@
 This is the README accompanying the source code to Simon Tatham's
 puzzle collection. The collection's web site is at
-<http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/>.
+<https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/>.
 
-You should find several Makefiles in the source code:
+If you've obtained the source code by downloading a .tar.gz archive
+from the Puzzles web site, you should find several Makefiles in the
+source code. However, if you've checked the source code out from the
+Puzzles git repository, you won't find the Makefiles: they're
+automatically generated by `mkfiles.pl', so run that to create them.
 
- - `Makefile' should work under GNU make on Linux, provided you have
-   GTK installed to compile and link against. It builds GTK binaries
-   of the puzzle games.
+The Makefiles include:
 
- - `Makefile.vc' should work under MS Visual C++ on Windows.
+ - `Makefile.am', together with the static `configure.ac', is intended
+   as input to automake. Run `mkauto.sh' to turn these into a
+   configure script and Makefile.in, after which you can then run
+   `./configure' to create an actual Unix Makefile.
+
+ - `Makefile.vc' should work under MS Visual C++ on Windows. Run
+   'nmake /f Makefile.vc' in a Visual Studio command prompt.
 
  - `Makefile.cyg' should work under Cygwin / MinGW. With appropriate
    tweaks and setting of TOOLPATH, it should work for both compiling
@@ -19,6 +27,9 @@ You should find several Makefiles in the source code:
    application capable of running any of the puzzles, or even more
    than one of them at a time.
 
+ - `Makefile.wce' should work under MS eMbedded Visual C++ on
+   Windows and the Pocket PC SDK; it builds Pocket PC binaries.
+
 Many of these Makefiles build a program called `nullgame' in
 addition to the actual game binaries. This program doesn't do
 anything; it's just a template for people to start from when adding
@@ -30,9 +41,9 @@ ignore it.
 
 DO NOT EDIT THE MAKEFILES DIRECTLY, if you plan to send any changes
 back to the maintainer. The makefiles are generated automatically by
-the Perl script `mkfiles.pl' from the file `Recipe'. If you need to
-change the makefiles as part of a patch, you should change Recipe
-and/or mkfiles.pl.
+the Perl script `mkfiles.pl' from the file `Recipe' and the various
+.R files. If you need to change the makefiles as part of a patch,
+you should change Recipe, *.R, and/or mkfiles.pl.
 
 The manual is provided in Windows Help format for the Windows build;
 in text format for anyone who needs it; and in HTML for the Mac OS X
@@ -40,4 +51,4 @@ application and for the web site. It is generated from a Halibut
 source file (puzzles.but), which is the preferred form for
 modification. To generate the manual in other formats, rebuild it,
 or learn about Halibut, visit the Halibut website at
-<http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/halibut/>.
+<https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/halibut/>.