diff --git a/Readme.buildsac b/Readme.buildsac
index 4337d5c..179110e 100755
--- a/Readme.buildsac
+++ b/Readme.buildsac
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ make options
                                 Puts subdirectories & files into ${PREFIX}
 % make clean > /dev/null      - Removes all object and executable files, 
                                 but does not remove configuration files
-% make distclean > /dev/null  - Removes configuration files as well. Must
-                                run make clean first.             
+% make distclean > /dev/null  - Similar to `make clean', but also removes
+                                configuration files.
 
 For clean or distclean, every deletion is chronicled, so porting the
 output to /dev/null will keep your terminal screen from filling up.
diff --git a/libedit/Makefile.am b/libedit/Makefile.am
index c67245b..7bcb242 100644
--- a/libedit/Makefile.am
+++ b/libedit/Makefile.am
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ lib/libedit.a: $(LIBEDIT_DIR)
 	(cd $(LIBEDIT_DIR) && $(MAKE) install_hdr install_man install_lib_a )
 	(cd lib && ranlib libedit.a)
 
-clean:
+clean-local:
 	rm -rf lib man include $(LIBEDIT_DIR)
 
 #       This code is here to Force a 32 Bit Compilation of the libedit shared library