diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index a43d59506..3d374532a 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Their voluminous output is not shown.
         $ make install				# install in the usual places
 
 (Note: under SunOS 4.1, you may need to say ./configure --disable-shared;
-Guile's shared library support for that systems seems to be confused.)
+Guile's shared library support for that system seems to be confused.)
 
 What You Get ==============================================================
 
@@ -92,6 +92,18 @@ if you're using Bash or any other Bourne shell variant, or
 if you're using CSH or one of its variants.
 
 
+Building a Statically Linked Guile ========================================
+
+Sometimes it's useful to build a statically-linked version of the
+Guile executable.  It's helpful in debugging, and for producing
+stand-alone executables for distribution to machines you don't
+control.
+
+To do this, set the LDFLAGS environment variable to `-static' before
+you configure, or before you run the `make' command to build the
+executable.
+
+
 Generic Instructions for Building Auto-Configured Packages ================
 
 To compile this package: