--- a/src/INSTALL
+++ b/src/INSTALL
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@
    Recoll uses external applications to index some file types. You need to
    install them for the file types that you wish to have indexed (these are
    run-time dependencies. None is needed for building Recoll):
+
+     * Openoffice: supported natively, but needs the unzip command to be
+       installed.
 
      * PDF: pdftotext is part of the Xpdf package.
 
@@ -381,27 +384,44 @@
    in one place.
 
    mimemap also has a recoll_noindex variable which is a list of suffixes.
-   Matching files will be skipped (avoids unnecessary decompressions or file
-   executions). This is partially redundant with skippedNames in the main
-   configuration file, with two differences: it will not affect directories,
-   and it can be changed for any sub-directory.
+   Matching files will be skipped (which avoids unnecessary decompressions or
+   file executions). This is partially redundant with skippedNames in the
+   main configuration file, with two differences: it will not affect
+   directories, and it cannot be made dependant on the file-system location
+   (it is a configuration-wide parameter). You could accomplish with
+   skippedNames anything that recoll_noindex does. The latter is used mostly
+   for things known to be unindexable by a given Recoll version. Having it
+   there avoids cluttering the more user-oriented and locally customized
+   skippedNames.
 
 4.4.3. The mimeconf file
 
    mimeconf specifies how the different mime types are handled for indexing,
-   and for display.
-
-   Changing the indexing parameters is probably not a good idea except if you
-   are a Recoll developers.
-
-   You may want to adjust the external viewers defined in (ie: HTML is either
-   previewed internally or displayed using firefox, but you may prefer
-   mozilla, your openoffice.org program might be named oofice instead of
-   openoffice ...). Look for the [view] section.
-
-   You can also change the icons which are displayed by recoll in the result
-   lists (the values are the basenames of the png images inside the iconsdir
-   directory (specified in recoll.conf).
+   and which icons are displayed in the recoll result lists.
+
+   Changing the parameters in the [index] section is probably not a good idea
+   except if you are a Recoll developer.
+
+   The [icons] section allows you to change the icons which are displayed by
+   recoll in the result lists (the values are the basenames of the png images
+   inside the iconsdir directory (specified in recoll.conf).
+
+4.4.4. The mimeview file
+
+   mimeview specifies which programs are started when you click on an Edit
+   link in a result list. Ie: HTML is normally displayed using firefox, but
+   you may prefer Konqueror, your openoffice.org program might be named
+   oofice instead of openoffice etc.
+
+   Changes to this file can be done by direct editing, or through the recoll
+   user preferences dialog.
+
+   As for the other configuration files, the normal usage is to have a
+   mimeview inside your own configuration directory, with just the
+   non-default entries, which will override those from the central
+   configuration file.
+
+   Please note that these entries must be placed under a [view] section.
 
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