diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -4,13 +4,9 @@ This is a simple bbs program written in c. The way it is meant to work is that a
 
 ## Building
 
-The only dependency is `ncurses`. The makefile asks for `-lncursesw` but unicode is not yet used, so `-lncurses` should be fine. `ncurses` is almost guaranteed preinstalled on your system.
+`bbs` depends only upon `ncurses`. 
 
-The program is standardized on c99. It should run fine on c89, but there will be warnings. You'll have to edit the makefile to request c89 from `gcc`.
-
-To build, run `make`. It will drop an executable named `bbs` in the current folder.
-
-The makefile has the additional command `make run`, which just launches the program after compilation.
+`make` builds the program, `make run` will make and then run the program, and `make clean` will clean up the build directory.
 
 ## License