diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 46dafa0ce5..b416b068b2 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ August 22, 2000
 TIPS AND HINTS
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-Starting Gnucash from the build tree
+Starting GnuCash from the build tree
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-Don't.  --prefix your build into /opt/gnc/svn/ (or some such).
+This is known to not work very well.  Instead, `--prefix` your build into /opt/gnc/svn/ (or some such).
 
 Getting Trace Messages From GnuCash
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