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diff --git a/README b/README
index 58ce45d3..539574a2 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -423,9 +423,11 @@ Configuring / Compiling / Installing
   disable all plugins whose requirements cannot be fulfilled (any other plugin
   will be enabled). To enable a plugin, install missing dependencies (see
   section `Prerequisites' above) and rerun `configure'. If you specify the
-  `--enable-<plugin>' configure option, you can force the plugin to be built.
-  This will most likely fail though unless you're working in a very unusual
-  setup and you really know what you're doing.
+  `--enable-<plugin>' configure option, the script will fail if the depen-
+  dencies for the specified plugin are not met. If you specify the
+  `--disable-<plugin>' configure option, the plugin will not be built. Both
+  options are meant for package maintainers and should not be used in everyday
+  situations.
 
   By default, collectd will be installed into `/opt/collectd'. You can adjust
   this setting by specifying the `--prefix' configure option - see INSTALL for
@@ -452,12 +454,24 @@ Crosscompiling
   that the compiled binary actually behaves as it should, but since NANs
   are likely never passed to the libm you have a good chance to be lucky.
 
+  Likewise, collectd needs to know the layout of doubles in memory, in order
+  to craft uniform network packets over different architectures. For this, it
+  needs to know how to convert doubles into the memory layout used by x86. The
+  configure script tries to figure this out by compiling and running a few
+  small test programs. This is of course not possible when cross-compiling.
+  You can use the `--with-fp-layout' option to tell the configure script which
+  conversion method to assume. Valid arguments are:
+
+    * `nothing'    (12345678 -> 12345678)
+    * `endianflip' (12345678 -> 87654321)
+    * `intswap'    (12345678 -> 56781234)
+
 
 Contact
 -------
 
-  For questions, bugreports, development information and basically all other
-  concerns please send an email to collectd's mailinglist at
+  For questions, bug reports, development information and basically all other
+  concerns please send an email to collectd's mailing list at
   <collectd at verplant.org>.
 
   For live discussion and more personal contact visit us in IRC, we're in
@@ -471,5 +485,6 @@ Author
   Sebastian tokkee Harl <sh at tokkee.org>,
   and many contributors (see `AUTHORS').
 
-  Please send bugreports and patches to the mailinglist, see `Contact' above.
+  Please send bug reports and patches to the mailing list, see `Contact'
+  above.