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diff --git a/doc/relocatable-maint.texi b/doc/relocatable-maint.texi
index 62d778b14..7c24b2823 100644
--- a/doc/relocatable-maint.texi
+++ b/doc/relocatable-maint.texi
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ privileges to install a binary package, and prevents installing two
 different versions of the same binary package.
 
 A relocatable program can be moved or copied to a different location
-on the filesystem.  It is possible to make symlinks to the installed
+on the file system.  It is possible to make symlinks to the installed
 and moved programs, and invoke them through the symlink. It is
 possible to do the same thing with a hard link @emph{only} if the hard
 link file is in the same directory as the real program.
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ sets the environment variable that controls shared library searching
 
 This approach does not always work.  On OpenBSD and OpenServer,
 prereleases of Libtool 1.5 put absolute file names of libraries in
-executables, which prevents searching any other locations. 
+executables, which prevents searching any other locations.
 
 @item
 On Windows, the executable's own directory is searched for libraries,
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
 @noindent
 becomes:
 
-@example 
+@example
 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, relocate (LOCALEDIR));
 @end example
 
@@ -102,8 +102,10 @@ if test "@@RELOCATABLE@@" = yes; then
   func_find_curr_installdir # determine curr_installdir
   func_find_prefixes
   # Relocate the directory variables that we use.
-  gettext_dir=`echo "$gettext_dir/" | sed -e 
-"s%^$@{orig_installprefix@}/%$@{curr_installprefix@}/%" | sed -e 's,/$,,'`
+  gettext_dir=`
+    echo "$gettext_dir/" \
+    | sed -e "s%^$@{orig_installprefix@}/%$@{curr_installprefix@}/%" \
+    | sed -e 's,/$,,'`
 fi
 @end example
 
@@ -123,8 +125,8 @@ endif
 @end example
 
 @item
-You may also need to add one or two variable assignments to your
-@file{configure.ac}.  
+You may also need to add a couple of variable assignments to your
+@file{configure.ac}.
 
 If your package (or any package you rely on, e.g.@: gettext-runtime)
 will be relocated together with a set of installed shared libraries,
@@ -140,3 +142,6 @@ If your @file{config.h} is not in @file{$(top_builddir)}, then set
 RELOCATABLE_CONFIG_H_DIR='$(top_builddir)/src'
 @end example
 @end enumerate
+
+Set @var{RELOCATABLE_STRIP} to @code{:}.  This is needed so that
+@samp{make install} installs executables without stripping them.