diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1c3a1a1b52..cf7b870dba 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-01-09  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* README:
+	  gst-register is gone.
+
 2006-01-07  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 
 	* gst/gstvalue.c: (_gst_value_initialize):
diff --git a/README b/README
index bf1416df1a..f9176fd020 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -176,24 +176,20 @@ COMPILING FROM SOURCE TARBALLS
   make
 
   to build GStreamer.
-- if you want to install it (not required), run
+- if you want to install it (not required, but what you usually want to do), run
   make install
-- You should create a registry for things to work.
-  If you ran make install in the previous step, run
-  gst-register
-  as root.
-
-  If you didn't install, run
-  tools/gst-register
-  as a normal user.
 
 - try out a simple test:
-  gst-launch fakesrc num_buffers=5 ! fakesink
-  (If you didn't install GStreamer, again prefix gst-launch with tools/)
+  gst-launch -v fakesrc num_buffers=5 ! fakesink
+  (If you didn't install GStreamer, prefix gst-launch with tools/)
 
   If it outputs a bunch of messages from fakesrc and fakesink, everything is
   ok.
 
+  If it did not work, keep in mind that you might need to adjust the
+  PATH and/or LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variables to make the system
+  find GStreamer in the prefix where you installed (by default that is /usr/local).
+
 - After this, you're ready to install gst-plugins, which will provide the
   functionality you're probably looking for by now, so go on and read
   that README.