diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3723fa2f7e087b063a7ea113e789caca5238ed7e..95649f97482996d8351787b93ac11c7582a206ba 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ sub checkpath
     my @path=split(':',$ENV{PATH});
     my %path;
     map{$path{$_}=1}@path;
-    print "Warning: . is not in your PATH environment variable.\n" if(!defined($path{'.'}));
+    print "Warning: . is not in your PATH environment variable: this is not a problem but means you need to run ./make rather than make to build binary_c.\n" if(!defined($path{'.'}));
 }
 
 sub checks
diff --git a/doc/QUICKSTART b/doc/QUICKSTART
index a4245dc3bce58f25a8c89b50425012406c45638f..431422c6c7757779d6f99869faf6a100a0e555f3 100644
--- a/doc/QUICKSTART
+++ b/doc/QUICKSTART
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Now, run:
 
 $ ./configure
 $ ./make cleanall
+$ ./configure
 $ ./make
 $ ./make libbinary_c.so
 $ cd src/perl/modules_targz