diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
index 6cfe75aeae0..24822bf1c29 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.194 2004/02/03 17:34:02 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.195 2004/02/26 02:09:40 momjian Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="installation">
  <title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]>
@@ -193,14 +193,11 @@ su - postgres
      </para>
 
      <para>
-      The catch is that the Python distribution or the Python
-      maintainers do not provide any direct way to do this.  The
-      closest thing we can offer you is the information in <ulink
-      url="http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html#3.30">Python FAQ
-      3.30</ulink>.  On some operating systems you don't really have
-      to build a shared library, but then you will have to convince
-      the <productname>PostgreSQL</> build system of this.  Consult
-      the <filename>Makefile</filename> in the
+      If you have problems, try running Python's configure using the 
+      <literal>--enable-shared</> flag.  On some operating systems you 
+      don't really have to build a shared library, but you will have 
+      to convince the <productname>PostgreSQL</> build system of this.
+      Consult the <filename>Makefile</filename> in the
       <filename>src/pl/plpython</filename> directory for details.
      </para>
     </listitem>