--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,31 @@
 About Markup
 ============
 
-Markup is a Python library that provides a integrated set of components
+Markup is a Python library that provides an integrated set of components
 for parsing, generating, and processing HTML or XML content in a uniform
-manner. The major feature is a template language, which is heavily
-inspired by Kid.
+manner. The major feature is a template language that is heavily inspired
+by Kid.
+
+
+Prerequisites
+-------------
+
+ * Python, version 2.3 or later (version 2.4 or later is recommended)
+ * Optional: setuptools 0.6a2 or later
+
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+Once you've downloaded and unpacked a Markup source release, enter the
+directory where the archive was unpacked, and run:
+
+  $ python setup.py install
+
+Note that you may need administrator/root privileges for this step, as
+it will by default attempt to install Markup to the Python site-packages
+directory on your system.
+
 
 For more information visit the Markup web site: