diff --git a/offlineimap/head/debian/changelog b/offlineimap/head/debian/changelog
index 027238c..1d23b49 100644
--- a/offlineimap/head/debian/changelog
+++ b/offlineimap/head/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+offlineimap (3.99.4) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Fixed setup.py installation instructions.
+
+ -- John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>  Tue,  5 Nov 2002 08:06:45 -0600
+
 offlineimap (3.99.3) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Moved password promting into imapserver.py.  Passwords are now asked
diff --git a/offlineimap/head/offlineimap.1 b/offlineimap/head/offlineimap.1
index df54cd1..926b8db 100644
--- a/offlineimap/head/offlineimap.1
+++ b/offlineimap/head/offlineimap.1
@@ -159,13 +159,13 @@ You will type
 to invoke the program.
 .SS OTHER SYSTEM-WIDE INSTALLATION
 Download the tar.gz version of the package from the website.  Then run
-these commands:
+these commands, making sure that you are the "root" user first:
 .PP
 .B tar -zxvf offlineimap-x.y.z.tar.gz
 .br
 .B cd offlineimap-x.y.z
 .br
-.B python2.2 setup.py
+.B python2.2 setup.py install
 .PP
 Some systems will need to use
 .B python