write it as @file{$(prefix)/etc}.
(If you are using Autoconf, write it as @samp{@@sysconfdir@@}.)
-Do not install executables here in this directory (they probably belong
-in @file{$(libexecdir)} or @file{$(sbindir)}). Also do not install
-files that are modified in the normal course of their use (programs
-whose purpose is to change the configuration of the system excluded).
-Those probably belong in @file{$(localstatedir)}.
+This directory is not the right place to install executables built by
+running @samp{make}---they probably belong in @file{$(libexecdir)} or
+@file{$(sbindir)}. Also do not install here files that will be
+modified in the normal course of their use (programs whose purpose is
+to change the configuration of the system excluded). Those probably
+belong in @file{$(localstatedir)}.
@item sharedstatedir
The directory for installing architecture-independent data files which