diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c220da030..3bbd38b3b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ You can learn more about Unbound by reading our
 ## Compiling
 
 Make sure you have the C toolchain, OpenSSL and its include files, and libexpat
-installed. Unbound can be compiled and installed using:
+installed.
+If building from the repository source you also need flex and bison installed.
+Unbound can be compiled and installed using:
 
 ```
 ./configure && make && make install
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ You can use libevent if you want. libevent is useful when using many (10000)
 outgoing ports. By default max 256 ports are opened at the same time and the
 builtin alternative is equally capable and a little faster.
 
-Use the `--with-libevent=dir` configure option to compile Unbound with libevent
+Use the `--with-libevent` configure option to compile Unbound with libevent
 support.
 
 ## Unbound configuration
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 5b024f3c3..8aa3d494f 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+1 November 2023: George
+	- Mention flex and bison in README.md when building from repository
+	  source.
+
 31 October 2023: George
 	- Fix #941: dnscrypt doesn't work after upgrade to 1.18 with
 	  suggestion by dukeartem to also fix the udp_ancil with dnscrypt.
@@ -4885,7 +4889,7 @@
 	- Fix that with openssl 1.1 control-use-cert: no uses less cpu, by
 	  using no encryption over the unix socket.
 
-22 Novenber 2016: Ralph
+22 November 2016: Ralph
 	- Make access-control-tag-data RDATA absolute. This makes the RDATA
 	  origin consistent between local-data and access-control-tag-data.
 	- Fix NSEC ENT wildcard check. Matching wildcard does not have to be a