X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Makefile.local;h=59b8d64ef4a3bf85797e6f517dcb29cbd0de640e;hb=5bc4ff4e1d31ddd45ac7e2638109c5e502c71836;hp=5bb570b1a7a4b3f4c6365dd651d8948cdffcc4bc;hpb=8cbb5114a20c1217f23977fd5edca99a0b7a2955;p=notmuch

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