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diff --git a/docs/README.VMS b/docs/README.VMS
index 8c59f0dfe21..6b02909d5b2 100644
--- a/docs/README.VMS
+++ b/docs/README.VMS
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ VMS support contributed by Jouk Jansen (joukj@hrem.stm.tudelft.nl)
 The latest version was tested on a VMSAlpha7.2 system using DECC6.0, but
 probably also works for other versions.
 
-At the moment only the libraries LIBMESGL.EXE/LIBMESGL.OLB, LIBMESAGLU.OLB and
-LIBGLUT.OLB and the demos of the directory [.DEMOS] can be build.
+At the moment only the libraries LIBMESGL.EXE/LIBMESGL.OLB,
+LIBMESAGLU.EXE/LIBMESAGLU.OLB and LIBGLUT.EXE/LIBGLUT.OLB and the demos of the
+directory [.DEMOS] can be build.
 However, feel free to create the missing "decrip.mms-files" in the other
 directories.
 
@@ -20,7 +21,18 @@ mesagl.  For MMS the deafult makefile is called descrip.mms, and
 that is what I have called it.  I included alse some config files,
 all having mms somewhere in the name which all the makefiles need
 (just as your unix makefiles).
-On Alpha platforms at default a sharable image is created for LIBMESAGL.EXE.
+
+On Alpha platforms at default a sharable images for the libraries are created.
 To get a static library make it by typing MMS/MACRO=(NOSHARE=1).
 On VAX platforms only static libraries can be build.
 
+23-sep-2005
+changed default compilation to use /float=ieee/ieee=denorm. The reason for 
+this is that it makes Mesa on OpenVMS better compatible with other platforms
+and other packages for VMS that I maintain.
+For more information see
+      http://nchrem.tnw.tudelft.nl/openvms
+      https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4270
+You may want to compile Mesa to use VAX-floating point arithmetic, instead
+of IEEE floating point by removing the /float=IEEE/denorm flag from the
+compiler options in the descrip.mms files.