diff --git a/BETATESTING.txt b/BETATESTING.txt
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-This is a stable release, for beta testing make sure to download the latest source code from Git:
-
-    git clone git://github.com/antirez/redis.git
-
-It's also possibe to download the latest source code as a tarball:
-
-    http://github.com/antirez/redis/tree/master
-
-(use the download button)
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+To compile Redis, do the following:
+
+    cd src; make
+
+The compilation will produce a redis-server binary.
+Copy this file where you want.
+
+Run the server using the following command line:
+
+    /path/to/redis-server
+
+This will start a Redis server with the default configuration.
+
+Otherwise if you want to provide your configuration use:
+
+    /path/to/redis-server /path/to/redis.conf
+
+You can find an example redis.conf file in the root directory
+of this source distribution.