diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index e5f67e672..83bb11b18 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@
       <para>2008-10-11</para>
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
-          <para>[randy] - Added some documentation installation commands to the
+          <para>[randy] - Added documentation installation commands to the
+          Chapter 6 Readline instructions.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[randy] - Added documentation installation commands to the
           Chapter 6 Ncurses instructions.</para>
         </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter06/readline.xml b/chapter06/readline.xml
index 48174821b..3f3279257 100644
--- a/chapter06/readline.xml
+++ b/chapter06/readline.xml
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ sed -i '/{OLDSUFF}/c:' support/shlib-install</userinput></screen>
 ln -sfv ../../lib/libreadline.so.5 /usr/lib/libreadline.so
 ln -sfv ../../lib/libhistory.so.5 /usr/lib/libhistory.so</userinput></screen>
 
+    <para>If desired, install the documentation:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">mkdir   -v       /usr/share/doc/readline-&readline-version;
+install -v -m644 doc/*.{ps,pdf,html,dvi} \
+                 /usr/share/doc/readline-&readline-version;</userinput></screen>
+
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2 id="contents-readline" role="content">