diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 20e02e407..e9948160e 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-Installation instructions for CU sudo 1.4.3
+Installation instructions for CU sudo 1.4.5
 ===========================================
 
 Sudo uses a `configure' script to probe the capabilities and type
 of the system in question.  Please read this document fully before
-configuring and building sudo.
+configuring and building sudo.  You may also wish to read the file
+INSTALL.configure which explains more about the `configure' script.
 
 Simple sudo installation
 ========================
@@ -13,10 +14,8 @@ For most systems and configurations it is possible simply to:
     0) If you previously ran `configure' on a different host
        you will probably want to do a `make distclean' to remove
        the old `config.cache' file.  Otherwise, `configure'
-       will use the cached values which is probably not
-       what you want unless the two hosts are running the
-       same OS and are virtually identical.  Alternately,
-       one can simply `rm config.cache'.
+       will complain and refuse to run.  Alternately, one can
+       simply `rm config.cache'.
 
     1) Read the `OS dependent notes' section for any particular
        "gotchas" relating to your operating system.
@@ -206,7 +205,9 @@ Solaris 2.x:
     NOTE: sudo will *not* build with the sun C compiler in BSD
           compatibility mode (/usr/ucb/cc).  Sudo is designed
           to compile with the standard C compiler (or gcc) and
-          will not build correctly with /usr/ucb/cc.
+          will not build correctly with /usr/ucb/cc.  You can
+	  use the `--with-CC' option to point `configure' to the
+	  non-ucb compiler if it is not the first cc in your path.
 
 AIX 3.2.x:
     I've had various problems with the AIX C compiler producing
diff --git a/README b/README
index 80fdb8ff3..ce9caf93a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is the CU version of sudo, release 1.4.3
+This is the CU version of sudo, release 1.4.5
 
 The sudo philosophy
 ===================
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Group's sudo 1.1, the code has been changed significantly, so please
 do not bother them with bugs in CU sudo.  Bug reports for this sudo
 should be sent to sudo-bugs@cs.colorado.edu.
 
-CU sudo 1.4.3 represents a huge change from the 1.3.1 code base.
+CU sudo 1.4.5 represents a huge change from the 1.3.x code base.
 It includes a completely rewritten parser contributed by Chris Jepeway,
 a smarter and easier to use visudo, an updated configure script along
 with the usual bug fixes and portability changes.  See the CHANGES file
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Building the release
 
 Please read the installation guide in the `INSTALL' file before
 trying to build sudo.  Things have changed quite a bit from the
-previous release (1.3.1pl4).  The `RUNSON' file contains a list of
+previous release (1.4).  The `RUNSON' file contains a list of
 of platforms that this version of sudo is known to work on.  If you
 can add to this list, please send mail to sudo-bugs@cs.colorado.edu.
 If something goes wrong you may want to refer to the `TROUBLESHOOTING'