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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 8547efc1..99fe33d4 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -17,6 +17,38 @@ Differences to version 17
 - Support for ZeroConf/Bonjour/Rendezvous service registration has been
   removed. The configuration option "NoZeroconf" is no longer available.
 
+- The structure of ngircd.conf has been cleaned up and three new configuration
+  sections have been introduced: [Limits], [Options], and [SSL].
+  Lots of configuration variables stored in the [Global] section are now
+  deprecated there and should be stored in one of these new sections (but
+  still work in [Global]):
+    "AllowRemoteOper"    -> [Options]
+    "ChrootDir"          -> [Options]
+    "ConnectIPv4"        -> [Options]
+    "ConnectIPv6"        -> [Options]
+    "ConnectRetry"       -> [Limits]
+    "MaxConnections"     -> [Limits]
+    "MaxConnectionsIP"   -> [Limits]
+    "MaxJoins"           -> [Limits]
+    "MaxNickLength"      -> [Limits]
+    "NoDNS"              -> [Options], and renamed to "DNS"
+    "NoIdent"            -> [Options], and renamed to "Ident"
+    "NoPAM"              -> [Options], and renamed to "PAM"
+    "OperCanUseMode"     -> [Options]
+    "OperServerMode"     -> [Options]
+    "PingTimeout"        -> [Limits]
+    "PongTimeout"        -> [Limits]
+    "PredefChannelsOnly" -> [Options]
+    "SSLCertFile"        -> [SSL], and renamed to "CertFile"
+    "SSLDHFile"          -> [SSL], and renamed to "DHFile"
+    "SSLKeyFile"         -> [SSL], and renamed to "KeyFile"
+    "SSLKeyFilePassword" -> [SSL], and renamed to "KeyFilePassword"
+    "SSLPorts"           -> [SSL], and renamed to "Ports"
+    "SyslogFacility"     -> [Options]
+    "WebircPassword"     -> [Options]
+  You should adjust your ngircd.conf and run "ngircd --configtest" to make
+  sure that your settings are correct and up to date!
+
 Differences to version 16
 
 - Changes to the "MotdFile" specified in ngircd.conf now require a ngircd
@@ -102,7 +134,7 @@ Again: "end users" do not need this step!
 
 The configure-script is used to detect local system dependencies.
 
-In the perfect case, configure should recognise all needed libraries, header
+In the perfect case, configure should recognize all needed libraries, header
 files and so on. If this shouldn't work, "./configure --help" shows all
 possible options.