diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index a8d15685..94bdd8c3 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 In the following it is assumed that the system variable ROOTSYS is already
-defined and points to the installation directory of CERN/ROOT.
+defined and defined and pointing to the place where CERN/ROOT is installed.
 
 #----------------------------------
 # Install via cmake tool chain