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diff --git a/Build/source/README.config b/Build/source/README.config
index 8411f138304..543bab8f5f8 100644
--- a/Build/source/README.config
+++ b/Build/source/README.config
@@ -138,11 +138,33 @@ For many libraries there are in addition '--with-Lib-includes=DIR' and
'--with-Lib-libdir=DIR' to indicate that the library is installed in an
unusual location.
-When a system version of a required library is chosen, the top-level configure script
-performs a consistency check and bails out early if this fails.
+The top-level configure script performs a consistency check for all
+required system libraries and bails out early if one these tests fails.
-4. Some important VAR=value configure arguments
-===============================================
+3.2. Configure options for libfontconfig
+----------------------------------------
+
+Building XeTeX and xdvipdfmx on non-Mac systems requires libfontconfig.
+
+3.2.1. --with-fontconfig-includes=DIR, --with-fontconfig-libdir=DIR
+
+If one or both of these options are given, the flags are derived from them.
+Otherwise, the flags are determined via pkg-config (if present).
+
+3.3. Configure options for system libfreetype
+---------------------------------------------
+
+The flags for a system freetype library are determined via freetype-config.
+
+3.4. Configure options for libpoppler
+-------------------------------------
+
+3.4.1. --with-system-xpdf
+
+Use libpoppler instead of xpdf (and pkg-config to obtain the required flags).
+
+4. Important VAR=value configure arguments
+==========================================
Used instead of searching for programs in PATH.
@@ -161,13 +183,23 @@ For fontconfig and system xpdf (poppler) libraries.
For xindy.
-4.4. latex=/path/to/latex
+4.4. PERL=/path/to/perl
-------------------------
-To build xindy make-rules.
+To build xindy rules and docs.
+
+4.5. LATEX=/path/to/latex
+-------------------------
-4.5. pdflatex=/path/to/pdflatex
+To build xindy rules.
+
+4.6. PDFLATEX=/path/to/pdflatex
-------------------------------
To build xindy docs.
+4.7. KPSEWHICH=/path/to/kpsewhich
+---------------------------------
+
+For 'make check'.
+