diff --git a/doc/README b/doc/README
index 4c3026f48..350afafc5 100644
--- a/doc/README
+++ b/doc/README
@@ -8,14 +8,12 @@ Compile and install monodoc
 
 Compile the documentation for gtk-sharp
 
-NOTE: if you use a different prefix for monodoc, reflect that in the cp line
-below.
-
-    cd gtk-sharp/doc
+    	cd gtk-sharp/doc
 	make assemble
-	cp gtk-sharp-docs.* /usr/local/lib/monodoc/sources
+	cp gtk-sharp-docs.* `monodoc --get-sourcesdir`
 
-If things are fine, you should have in /usr/local/lib/monodoc/sources the following files:
+If things are fine, you should have in the Monodoc sources directory the 
+following files:
 
 gtk-sharp-docs.source
 gtk-sharp-docs.tree