diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index dc35729ac407..f798ba42ea0f 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # vim: syntax=pod
 
-If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you see.
-It is written in the POD format (see F<pod/perlpod.pod>) which is specially
+If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you see.  It is
+written in the POD format (see the file pod/perlpod.pod), which is specially
 designed to be readable as is.
 
 =head1 NAME