diff --git a/ReadMe b/ReadMe
index b57edaefa9..aa63cfc0c0 100644
--- a/ReadMe
+++ b/ReadMe
@@ -11,11 +11,14 @@ Please always use the most recent versions. They are required to build Haiku.
 Building on a non-BeOS platform
 ===============================
 
-Please read the file 'ReadMe.cross-compile' before continuing.
+Please read the file 'ReadMe.cross-compile' before continuing. It describes
+how to build the cross-compilation tools and configure the build system for
+building Haiku. After following the instructions you can directly continue
+with the section Building.
 
 
-Configuring
-===========
+Configuring on BeOS
+===================
 
 Open a Terminal and change to your Haiku trunk folder. To configure the build
 you can run configure like this:
diff --git a/ReadMe.cross-compile b/ReadMe.cross-compile
index e4896ea0ed..886df63c6e 100644
--- a/ReadMe.cross-compile
+++ b/ReadMe.cross-compile
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ GCC 4.x
   cd haiku
   ./configure --build-cross-tools-gcc4 x86 ../buildtools/
 
-The process can take quite some time, but when it finishes you are ready to
-compile your first Haiku image.
+The process can take quite some time, but when it finishes the build system is
+fully configured and you are ready to compile your first Haiku image.
 
-Instructions on how to build Haiku can be found in the 'ReadMe' document.
+Instructions on how to build Haiku can be found in the section Building in the
+'ReadMe' document.