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diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 75b3c9c2..3e89ebe4 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -5,13 +5,10 @@
# with new versions of autoconf or automake.
#
# This script requires autoconf-2.65..2.71 and automake-1.16.4 in the PATH.
-# If not used from a released tarball, it also requires either
-# - the GNULIB_SRCDIR environment variable pointing to a gnulib checkout, or
-# - a preceding invocation of './gitsub.sh pull'.
# It also requires
# - the gperf program.
-# Copyright (C) 2003-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -26,7 +23,19 @@
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# Prerequisite (if not used from a released tarball): either
+# - the GNULIB_SRCDIR environment variable pointing to a gnulib checkout, or
+# - a preceding invocation of './autopull.sh'.
+#
# Usage: ./autogen.sh [--skip-gnulib]
+#
+# Options:
+# --skip-gnulib Avoid fetching files from Gnulib.
+# This option is useful
+# - when you are working from a released tarball (possibly
+# with modifications), or
+# - as a speedup, if the set of gnulib modules did not
+# change since the last time you ran this script.
skip_gnulib=false
while :; do
@@ -474,3 +483,5 @@ automake --add-missing --copy
patch build-aux/test-driver < build-aux/test-driver.diff
# Get rid of autom4te.cache directory.
rm -rf autom4te.cache
+
+echo "$0: done. Now you can run './configure'."