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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index f4d75bcd55..4953f2bfc3 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -2,22 +2,24 @@
 * Installation information specific to SimGrid *
 ************************************************
 
-The main source of information to compile SimGrid is the project FAQ.
-It is available online from http://simgrid.gforge.inria.fr/doc/faq.html or
-in the doc/ directory of this archive.
+The main source of information on how to compile SimGrid is the project
+documentation available in doc/install.html or online on our website
+http://simgrid.gforge.inria.fr/ . This INSTALL file contains mainly generic
+information on how to compile SimGrid or any project using cmake.
 
 Quick way to compile
 ====================
 
-In short, the way to compile SimGrid depends on whether you are
-compiling a tar.gz archive or directly from the SVN.
+In short, the way to compile SimGrid depends on whether you are compiling a
+tar.gz archive or directly from the SVN.
 
 (1) configure SimGrid (both in SVN and archives)
 $ cmake <all options> ./
 
 Main options are:
   -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<path>: specify where to install SimGrid
-  -Denable_maintainer_mode=on/off: get the maintainer files regenerated automatically
+  -Denable_maintainer_mode=on/off: get the maintainer files regenerated
+                                   automatically
   -Denable_compile_optimizations=on/off: compile or not with -O0 instead of -O3
   -Denable_java=on/off: enable or not binding java
   -Denable_lua=on/off: enable or not binding lua
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ not only SimGrid related.
 $ make
 
 (3) Test it (optional)
-$ make check 
+$ make check
 $ ctest
 
 (4) Install it
@@ -39,22 +41,22 @@ $ make install
 
 Dependencies
 ============
-SimGrid archives do not have any firm dependencies. 
+SimGrid archives do not have any firm dependencies.
 
-If you want to compile, you must have installed perl and cmake version 2.6 or above.
+If you want to compile, you must have installed perl and cmake version 2.6 or
+above.
 In order to improve memory management you should install libpcre.
 
-If you want to compile the java bindings, you have to have a java
-compiler, and the jni.h header file (available from the JDK)
+If you want to compile the java bindings, you have to have a java compiler, and
+the jni.h header file (available from the JDK).
 
-If you want to compile the lua bindings, you have to have lua5.1 executable and liblua5.1-dev. 
+If you want to compile the lua bindings, you have to have lua5.1 executable and
+liblua5.1-dev.
 
-If you want to compile the ruby bindings, you have to install ruby executable and ruby-dev version 1.9.
+If you want to compile the ruby bindings, you have to install ruby executable
+and ruby-dev version 1.9.
 
 If you want to compile smpi, you should install f2c for use Fortran code.
 
-If you want to compile the GTNetS backend, you have to have a patched
-version of GTNetS installed. The patch lives in the contrib section of
-the SVN.
-
-Again, you should check the FAQ for more information.
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+If you want to compile the GTNetS backend, you have to have a patched version of
+GTNetS installed. The patch lives in the contrib section of the SVN.