diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index eee2704..7022d7f 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ configuration options.  If the configure script does not exist
 (if you checked comedilib out from cvs for example), it can
 be generated by running './autogen.sh'.  The autoconf, automake,
 autoheader, etc. tools are required to generate the configure
-script (automake version 1.6 recommended).
+script (automake version >= 1.5 recommended).
 
 Compile using 'make'.  If this doesn't work, make sure you have the
 basic tools installed to compile.  If you can successfully compile