diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index ba3a037a03..1aaec4a207 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -109,6 +109,13 @@ these steps:
 
     There are section 5 man pages for all of these files.
 
+ 9. edit client configuration files as needed.
+	See ldap.conf(5) for details.
+
+10. edit server configuration files as needed.
+	See slapd.conf(5) if running slapd.
+	See ldapd.conf(5) if running ldapd.
+
 
 Building LDAP For More Than One Platform