diff --git a/docs/INSTALL b/docs/INSTALL
index 1771d57acc3bc528bc06b667d686cb70632a3a87..671c829f71227865c1fdb8aeb1064ee3cde6a982 100644
--- a/docs/INSTALL
+++ b/docs/INSTALL
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ UNIX
    If you have checked out the sources from the CVS repository, read the
    CVS-INFO on how to proceed.
 
+   Get a full listing of all available configure options by invoking it like:
+
+        ./configure --help
+
    If you want to install curl in a different file hierarchy than /usr/local,
    you need to specify that already when running configure: