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diff --git a/Makefile.local b/Makefile.local
index 5bb570b1..59b8d64e 100644
--- a/Makefile.local
+++ b/Makefile.local
@@ -273,11 +273,20 @@ ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS), install)
@echo ""
@echo "Notmuch is now installed to $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)"
@echo ""
- @echo "To run notmuch from emacs, each user should add the following line to ~/.emacs:"
+ @echo "New users should simply run \"notmuch\" to be guided"
+ @echo "through the process of configuring notmuch and creating"
+ @echo "a database of existing email messages. The \"notmuch\""
+ @echo "command will also offer some sample search commands."
+ @echo ""
+ @echo "Beyond the command-line interface, notmuch also offers"
+ @echo "a full-featured interface for reading and writing mail"
+ @echo "within emacs. To use this, each user should add the"
+ @echo "following line to the ~/.emacs file:"
@echo ""
@echo " (require 'notmuch)"
@echo ""
- @echo "And should then run \"M-x notmuch\" from within emacs or run \"emacs -f notmuch\""
+ @echo "And then run emacs as \"emacs -f notmuch\" or invoke"
+ @echo "the command \"M-x notmuch\" from within emacs."
endif
.PHONY: install-desktop