diff --git a/doc/install.mdwn b/doc/install.mdwn
index 8392e98af2..eec6d5cad1 100644
--- a/doc/install.mdwn
+++ b/doc/install.mdwn
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ details.
 [[ScientificLinux5]] | (and other RHEL5 clones like CentOS5)
 [[Fedora]]           | 
 [[openSUSE]]         | 
-[[other Linux|linux_standalone]] | get your precompiled tarballs here
+[[other Linux|linux_standalone]] | [download prebuilt linux tarball](http://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/linux/)
 Windows              | [[sorry, Windows not supported yet|todo/windows_support]]
 """]]
 
diff --git a/doc/install/Linux_standalone.mdwn b/doc/install/Linux_standalone.mdwn
index 88a85f569a..f3e250d058 100644
--- a/doc/install/Linux_standalone.mdwn
+++ b/doc/install/Linux_standalone.mdwn
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 If your Linux distribution does not have git-annex packaged up for you,
-you can either build it [[fromscratch]], or you can use these handy
-prebuilt, standalone tarballs.
+you can either build it [[fromscratch]], or you can use a handy
+prebuilt tarball.
 
-* Linux x86 32 bit [download](http://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/linux/git-annex-standalone-i386.tar.gz)
-* Linux x86 64 bit [download](http://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/linux/git-annex-standalone-amd64.tar.gz)
+This tarball should work on most Linux systems. It does not depend
+on anything except for glibc.
+
+[download tarball](http://downloads.kitenet.net/git-annex/linux/)