diff --git a/README b/README
index 2888169e..c4e49179 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ install locally by:
  5) Install:
     make install
  6) Update your PATH environment variable
-    echo "export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/byobu/bin" >> $HOME/.bashrc
+    echo "export PATH=$HOME/byobu/bin:$PATH" >> $HOME/.bashrc
     . $HOME/.bashrc
  7) Run:
     byobu
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 82136e0e..f0d04cc9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 byobu (3.23) unreleased; urgency=low
 
-  * UNRELEASED
+  * README: put byobu dir on the front of the path, if doing a local
+    install (just wanted to update to a newer version on a system that
+    already has byobu, but I'm not an admin)
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:34:52 -0600