-configure (/usr/local/* by default).
-
-The standard installation process will copy the wget binary to
-/usr/local/bin, install the info pages (wget.info*) to
-/usr/local/info. You can customize the directories either through the
+configure. The standard prefix is "/usr/local/", which can be changed
+using the `--prefix' configure option.
+
+The installation process will copy the wget binary to $PREFIX/bin,
+install the wget.info* info pages to $PREFIX/info, the autogenerated
+manual page (where available) wget.1 to $PREFIX/man/man1, and the
+default config file to $PREFIX/etc, unless a config file already
+exists there. You can customize these directories either through the