--- README.orig	Sat May 19 16:59:02 2001
+++ README	Tue Mar 26 21:21:54 2002
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@
 Freeciv supports several local languages.
 
 You may choose which local language to use by specifying a "locale".
-Each locale has a standard name (e.g., 'de' for German).  If you have
+Each locale has a standard name (e.g., 'de_de' for German).  If you have
 installed Freeciv, you may choose a locale by setting the environment
 variable LANG to that locale's standard name before running civserver
 and civclient.
@@ -373,9 +373,9 @@
 For example, assuming you wish to use the German localization, you
 would do:
 
-  export LANG; LANG=de   (in the Bourne shell (sh)),
+  export LANG; LANG=de_DE   (in the Bourne shell (sh)),
 or
-  setenv LANG de         (in the C shell (csh)).
+  setenv LANG de_DE         (in the C shell (csh)).
 
 (You could do this in your .profile or .login file.)