* INSTALL: Add info about selecting paper format.

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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 0465f4e5..cdf7eb98 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ usual malloc, it is good idea to include it in LIBS.  For example,
 using the malloc that comes with GNU Emacs version 20 can give a
 worthwhile (and sometimes spectacular) performance improvement.
 
+If you want A4 or letter paper format and the configure script produces
+an incorrect guess, say
+
+  PAGE=xxx ./configure
+
+where `xxx' should be either `A4' or `letter'.  Note that this will only
+affect the paper selection for grops.  For compatibility with ditroff,
+the default page length in gtroff is always 11 inches.  The page length
+can be changed with the `pl' request.
+
 When you have built groff, you can use the test-groff script to try
 groff out on one of the man pages.  (Use the .n files not the .man
 files.)  The test-groff script sets up environment variables to allow