diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5786f8b..db881aa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 BINARY := bombadillo
 PREFIX := /usr/local
-MANPREFIX := ${PREFIX}/share/man
+EXEC_PREFIX := ${PREFIX}
+BINDIR := ${EXEC_PREFIX}/bin
+DATAROOTDIR := ${PREFIX}/share
+MANDIR := ${DATAROOTDIR}/man
+MAN1DIR := ${MANDIR}/man1
 
 # Use a dateformat rather than -I flag since OSX
 # does not support -I. It also doesn't support 
 # %:z - so settle for %z.
 BUILD_TIME := ${shell date "+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M%z"}
 
-# If VERSION is empty or not deffined use the contents of the VERSION file
+# If VERSION is empty or not defined use the contents of the VERSION file
 VERSION    := ${shell git describe --tags 2> /dev/null}
 ifndef VERSION
 	VERSION  := ${shell cat ./VERSION}
@@ -25,13 +29,13 @@ install: install-bin install-man clean
 .PHONY: install-man
 install-man: bombadillo.1
 	gzip -k ./bombadillo.1
-	install -d ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1
-	install -m 0644 ./bombadillo.1.gz ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1
+	install -d ${DESTDIR}${MAN1DIR}
+	install -m 0644 ./bombadillo.1.gz ${DESTDIR}${MAN1DIR}
 
 .PHONY: install-bin
 install-bin: build
-	install -d ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
-	install -m 0755 ./${BINARY} ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/${BINARY}
+	install -d ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}
+	install -m 0755 ./${BINARY} ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean: 
@@ -40,6 +44,5 @@ clean:
 
 .PHONY: uninstall
 uninstall: clean
-	rm -f ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/bombadillo.1.gz
-	rm -f ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/${BINARY}
-
+	rm -f ${DESTDIR}${MAN1DIR}/bombadillo.1.gz
+	rm -f ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}/${BINARY}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 854b608..72cd746 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,31 +70,28 @@ The installation location can be overridden at compile time, which can be very u
 ```shell
 git clone https://tildegit.org/sloum/bombadillo.git
 cd bombadillo
-sudo make DESTDIR=/some/directory install
+sudo make install PREFIX=/some/directory
 ```
 
 There are two things to know about when using the above format:
-1. The above would install Bombadillo to `/some/directory/usr/local/bin`, _not_ to `/some/directory`. So you will want to make sure your `$PATH` is set accordingly.
-2. Using the above will install the man page to `/some/directory/usr/local/share/man`, rather than its usual location. You will want to update your `manpath` accordingly.
+1. The above would install Bombadillo to `/some/directory/bin`, _not_ to `/some/directory`. So you will want to make sure your `$PATH` is set accordingly.
+2. Using the above will install the man page to `/some/directory/share/man/man1`, rather than its usual location. You will want to update your `manpath` accordingly.
+
+There are other overrides available - please review the [Makefile](Makefile) for more information.
 
 #### Uninstall
 
-If you used the makefile to install Bombadillo then uninstalling is very simple. From the Bombadillo source folder run:
+If you used the Makefile to install Bombadillo then uninstalling is very simple. From the Bombadillo source folder run:
 
 ```shell
 sudo make uninstall
 ```
 
-If you used a custom `DESTDIR` value during install, you will need to supply it when uninstalling:
+If you used a custom `PREFIX` value during install, you will need to supply it when uninstalling:
+
 ```shell
-sudo make DESTDIR=/some/directory uninstall
+sudo make uninstall PREFIX=/some/directory
 ```
-make PREFIX=~ install
-```
-
-You can then add `~/bin` to your PATH environment variable, and `~/share/man` to your manpath.
-
-The `PREFIX` option can be used to install Bombadillo to any location different to `/usr/local`.
 
 Uninstall will clean up any build files, remove the installed binary, and remove the man page from the system. If will _not_ remove any directories created as a part of the installation, nor will it remove any Bombadillo user configuration files.