diff --git a/darkice/trunk/INSTALL b/darkice/trunk/INSTALL
index c735e1e..6b69587 100644
--- a/darkice/trunk/INSTALL
+++ b/darkice/trunk/INSTALL
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ DarkIce tarball. Go to the directory you extracted it, and try:
 This will give you all the compile configuration options. Options of
 particlar interest are:
 
-  --with-lame-prefix=DIR  alternate location for lame [/usr/local]
+  --with-lame-prefix=DIR  alternate location for lame [/usr]
                           files looked for: LAME-PREFIX/lib/libmp3lame.a
                                             LAME-PREFIX/include/lame/lame.h
   --enable-static         link everything into the executable statically [no]
@@ -66,9 +66,10 @@ if you plan to deploy DarkIce on a system where either the Lame shared
 object is not installed or its location is unknown. In general it is a
 better idea to link dynamically (not using this option).
 
-If chosing the default compile options, compilation is done as follows:
+If chosing the default compile options, with lame installed under /usr/local,
+compilation is done as follows:
 
-./configure
+./configure --with-lame-prefix=/usr/local
 make
 make install
 
diff --git a/darkice/trunk/configure.in b/darkice/trunk/configure.in
index c0ce8b6..ce919ae 100644
--- a/darkice/trunk/configure.in
+++ b/darkice/trunk/configure.in
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ dnl checkin for lame library
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(lame library)
 WARNING=
 AC_ARG_WITH(lame-prefix,
-[  --with-lame-prefix=DIR  alternate location for lame [/usr/local]
+[  --with-lame-prefix=DIR  alternate location for lame [/usr]
                           files looked for: LAME-PREFIX/lib/libmp3lame.a
                                             LAME-PREFIX/include/lame/lame.h],
-  CONFIG_LAME_PREFIX="${withval}", CONFIG_LAME_PREFIX="/usr/local")
+  CONFIG_LAME_PREFIX="${withval}", CONFIG_LAME_PREFIX="/usr")
   if test "x${CONFIG_LAME_PREFIX}" != "x" ; then
     # look for lame lib. This overrides any standard location
     LA_SEARCH_LIB(LAME_LIB_LOC, LAME_INC_LOC, libmp3lame.a, lame/lame.h, ${CONFIG_LAME_PREFIX})