diff --git a/trunk/paradiseo-moeo/NEWS b/trunk/paradiseo-moeo/NEWS
index 31fe551dc..55f7d22e4 100644
--- a/trunk/paradiseo-moeo/NEWS
+++ b/trunk/paradiseo-moeo/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-* release 0.1
+* release 1.0.alpha
 
 # Local Variables:
 # coding: iso-8859-1
diff --git a/trunk/paradiseo-moeo/README b/trunk/paradiseo-moeo/README
index 7da34dc2b..3165240d6 100644
--- a/trunk/paradiseo-moeo/README
+++ b/trunk/paradiseo-moeo/README
@@ -16,15 +16,19 @@ paradiseo-help@lists.gforge.inria.fr
 The basic installation procedure goes the following:
 
 Go to your build-directory and run 
-    $(SRCDIR)/configure
-    make
-    make doc
+    > $(SRCDIR)/configure
+    > make
+    > make doc
 
 where $(SRCDIR) is the top-level source directory of PARADISEO-MOEO,
-i.e. where the sources where unpacked.
+i.e. where the sources were unpacked.
 
-To clean everything, the simply run 
-    make clean_all
+In case of problems, you can read the INSTALL file - but remember this
+is a standard installation file from GNU and that it contains nothing
+specific about PARADISEO-MOEO.
+
+To clean everything, simply run 
+    > make clean_all
 
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                        DIRECTORY STRUCTURE
@@ -32,7 +36,7 @@ To clean everything, the simply run
 After unpacking the archive file, you should end up with the following
 structure:
 
-.../                     The MAIN PARADISEO-MOEO directory, created when unpacking.
+.../                     The main PARADISEO-MOEO directory, created when unpacking.
    |
    +-- src               SOURCE directory Contains most PARADISEO-MOEO .h files. 
    |