diff --git a/src/KIM/Makefile.lammps b/src/KIM/Makefile.lammps
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+This file contains the hooks to build and link LAMMPS with the OpenKIM
+library so that a LAMMPS input script can use a KIM potential, via the
+pair_style kim command.
+
+You should first download KIM from www.openkim.org.  Then build its
+library API in KIM_API, with the models (potentials) you want to use.
+You should then have the files:
+
+openkim/KIM_API/libkim.a
+openkim/KIM_API/libkim.so
+
+When you build LAMMPS with the KIM package installed, it will use the
+3 settings in this file.  They should be set as follows.  Note that
+they depend on the KIM_DIR environment variable being set, which is
+typically done when you build the KIM_API library.
+
+kim_SYSINC = a path to the KIM_API directory that contains *.h files
+kim_SYSLIB = the KIM library
+kim_SYSPATH = a path to the KIM library
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Settings that the LAMMPS build will import when this package is installed
+
+kim_SYSINC = -I${KIM_DIR}/KIM_API
+kim_SYSLIB = -lkim
+kim_SYSPATH = -L${KIM_DIR}/KIM_API
diff --git a/src/USER-MOLFILE/Makefile.lammps b/src/USER-MOLFILE/Makefile.lammps
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+This file contains the hooks to build and link LAMMPS with the VMD
+molfile plugins described here:
+
+http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/plugins/molfile
+
+When you build LAMMPS with the USER-MOLFILE package installed, it will
+use the 3 settings in this file.  They should be set as follows.
+
+The molfile_SYSLIB setting is for a system dynamic loading library
+that will be used to load the molfile plugins.  It contains functions
+like dlopen(), dlsym() and so on for dynamic linking of executable
+code into an executable.  For Linux and most current Unix-like
+operating systems, the setting of "-ldl" will work.  On some platforms
+you may need "-ldld".  For compilation on Windows, a different
+mechanism is used that is part of the Windows programming environment
+and thus molfile_SYSLIB can be left blank.
+
+The molfile_SYSINC and molfile_SYSPATH variables do not typically need
+to be set.  If the dl library is not in a place the linker can find
+it, specify its directory via the molfile_SYSPATH variable, e.g.
+-Ldir.
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Settings that the LAMMPS build will import when this package is installed
+
+molfile_SYSINC =
+molfile_SYSLIB = -ldl
+molfile_SYSPATH =