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@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ installation of the following files:
     sudo cp ratbagd.service /etc/systemd/system/ratbagd.service
 
 The files are installed into the prefix by make install, see also the
-configure switches `--with-systemd-unit-dir` and `--with-dbus-root-dir`.
+configure-time options `-Dsystemd-unit-dir` and `-Ddbus-root-dir`.
 Developers are encouraged to simply symlink to the files in the git
 repository.