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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8051263fde..36edfe638d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
2015-01-04 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+ * INSTALL: Mention 'make WERROR_CFLAGS='.
+
Clarify 'make info'
* Makefile.in (info): Use GNU make conditional rather than
an '@' rule with a shell conditional, so that the builder can
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 6850c7dfcd..1ed2698547 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -312,7 +312,9 @@ Use --enable-gcc-warnings to enable compile-time checks that warn
about possibly-questionable C code. This is intended for developers
and is useful with GNU-compatible compilers. On a recent GNU system
there should be no warnings; on older and on non-GNU systems the
-generated warnings may still be useful.
+generated warnings may still be useful, though you may prefer building
+with 'make WERROR_CFLAGS=' so that the warnings are not treated as
+errors.
Use --enable-silent-rules to cause 'make' to chatter less. This is
helpful when combined with options like --enable-gcc-warnings that