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@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ If you use the 'configure' program, be sure to edit config.mk _after_ you
 run 'configure', since 'configure' generates config.mk.
 
 
-COMPILED-IN BUILD DATETIME
---------------------------
+COMPILED-IN BUILD DATETIME AND USER
+-----------------------------------
 
 By default, the Netpbm build system builds the datetime that you built it
 into libnetpbm, so the --version global command line option can display it.
@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ The name and meaning of the environment variable is taken from a standard
 described at https://reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/ on March
 16, 2017.
 
+Likewise, the Netpbm build system builds the identity of the party who did the
+build in libnetpbm.  This is normally a userid, the output of the 'whoami'
+program, unless overridden by USER or LOGNAME environment variables.  You can
+also override 'whoami', USER, and LOGNAME with the COMPILED_BY environment
+variable.  This value is just for display, so it need not be a userid; any
+single word that does not contain quotation marks is acceptable.
+
 
 AUTOMATING THE BUILD
 --------------------
@@ -162,6 +169,12 @@ contents.  You can also run Configure interactively and use its output
 as an example.
 
 
+COMPILER REQUIREMENTS
+---------------------
+
+The compiler must be able to compile C99 code.
+
+
 THE PREREQUISITE LIBRARIES
 --------------------------