--- a/autotools.rst	Mon Feb 20 21:20:00 2017 +0200
+++ b/autotools.rst	Mon Feb 20 22:17:09 2017 +0200
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 
 Regenerate all autotools confetti
 =================================
-::
+
+Make sure that you have installed ``automake``, ``autobuild``, ``autogen``,
+``autoconf``, ``make``, ``m4``. Then run in project root::
 
   $ autoreconf