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<sect2>
<title>Installation of Groff</title>
-<para>Groff expects an enviornment variable PAGE to contain the default paper size.
-For those in the United States, the text below is appropriate. For those who's default
-paper size is the larger "A4", you may safely change the value used when we configure
-the Groff package:</para>
+<para>Groff expects the environment variable PAGE to contain the default paper
+size. For those in the United States, the command below is appropriate. If you
+live elsewhere, you may want to change <emphasis>PAGE=letter</emphasis> to
+<emphasis>PAGE=A4</emphasis>.</para>
+
+<para>Prepare Groff for compilation:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>PAGE=letter ./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen></para>