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diff --git a/INSTALL.Linux b/INSTALL.Linux
index bd7038c85..7cfba4098 100644
--- a/INSTALL.Linux
+++ b/INSTALL.Linux
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ following:
 
     - pyuic4 from PyQt4 (http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk).
 
+If you modify the vswitchd database schema, then the E-R diagram in
+the ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(5) manpage will be updated properly only if
+you have the following:
+
+    - "dot" from graphviz (http://www.graphviz.org/).
+
 Installation Requirements
 -------------------------
 
@@ -229,17 +235,18 @@ Startup
 =======
 
 Before starting ovs-vswitchd itself, you need to start its
-configuration database, ovsdb-server.  Configure it to use the
-database you created during step 7 of installation, above, and to
-listen on a Unix domain socket, e.g.:
+configuration database, ovsdb-server.  Each machine on which Open
+vSwitch is installed should run its own copy of ovsdb-server.
+Configure it to use the database you created during step 7 of
+installation, above, and to listen on a Unix domain socket, e.g.:
 
       % ovsdb-server /usr/local/etc/ovs-vswitchd.conf.db --remote=punix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock
 
-Then initialize the database with "ovs-vsctl init".  This is only
+Then initialize the database using ovs-vsctl.  This is only
 necessary the first time after you create the database with
 ovsdb-tool (but running it at any time is harmless):
 
-      % ovs-vsctl init
+      % ovs-vsctl --no-wait init
 
 Then start the main Open vSwitch daemon, telling it to connect to the
 same Unix domain socket: