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diff --git a/utils/vim/README b/utils/vim/README
index af0949d8524..bca25bfe612 100644
--- a/utils/vim/README
+++ b/utils/vim/README
@@ -4,17 +4,16 @@ These are syntax highlighting files for the VIM editor. Included are:
 
 * llvm.vim
 
-  Syntax highlighting mode for LLVM assembly files. To use, COPY `llvm.vim' to
+  Syntax highlighting mode for LLVM assembly files. To use, copy `llvm.vim' to
   ~/.vim/syntax and add this code to your ~/.vimrc :
 
   augroup filetype
     au! BufRead,BufNewFile *.ll     set filetype=llvm
-    au! BufRead,BufNewFile *.llx    set filetype=llvm
   augroup END
 
 * tablegen.vim
 
-  Syntax highlighting mode for TableGen description files. To use, COPY
+  Syntax highlighting mode for TableGen description files. To use, copy
   `tablegen.vim' to ~/.vim/syntax and add this code to your ~/.vimrc :
 
   augroup filetype
@@ -22,13 +21,23 @@ These are syntax highlighting files for the VIM editor. Included are:
   augroup END
 
 
-IMPORTANT: Making symlinks from ~/.vim/syntax/... to the syntax files in your
-LLVM source tree does not work, you DO need to copy the files directly.
+If you prefer, instead of making copies you can make symlinks from
+~/.vim/syntax/... to the syntax files in your LLVM source tree. Apparently
+this did not work with older versions of vim however, so if this doesn't
+work you may need to make actual copies of the files.
 
-However, if you do not already have a ~/.vim/syntax/ directory, simply
-symlinking it to llvm/utils/vim will do the trick nicely, and you can stay
-up-to-date with CVS.
+Another option, if you do not already have a ~/.vim/syntax directory, is
+to symlink ~/.vim/syntax itself to llvm/utils/vim .
 
 Note: If you notice missing or incorrect syntax highlighting, please contact
 <llvmbugs [at] cs.uiuc.edu>; if you wish to provide a patch to improve the
 functionality, it will be most appreciated. Thank you.
+
+If you find yourself working with LLVM Makefiles often, but you don't get syntax
+highlighting (because the files have names such as Makefile.rules or
+TEST.nightly.Makefile), add the following to your ~/.vimrc:
+
+  " LLVM Makefile highlighting mode
+  augroup filetype
+    au! BufRead,BufNewFile *Makefile*     set filetype=make
+  augroup END