diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3b98caba3..cd791308c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-04-21  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
+
+	* po/README: Add instructions for creating po/LINGUAS.
+
 2011-04-21  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
 
 	Add "SEE ALSO" sections to most man pages.  Fixes Debian bug
diff --git a/po/README b/po/README
index 801599583..5541f4229 100644
--- a/po/README
+++ b/po/README
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ that will hopefully clarify the situation.
 
       rsync -Lrtvz  translationproject.org::tp/latest/grub/ po
 
+    Then create a po/LINGUAS file listing all the language codes:
+
+      (cd po && ls *.po | cut -d. -f1 | xargs) >po/LINGUAS
+
     GRUB's build system will automatically detect those and include them
     in your install.