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diff --git a/doc/portage-multilib-instructions b/doc/portage-multilib-instructions
index 4124225e4..a7b3167e0 100644
--- a/doc/portage-multilib-instructions
+++ b/doc/portage-multilib-instructions
@@ -10,11 +10,17 @@ remember that multilib-portage is following the 2.2* branch of portage,
so it only has testing keywords
3.
-check the target of /etc/make.profile
-rm /etc/make.profile
-mkdir /etc/make.profile
-echo /path/to/current/profile >> /etc/make.profile/parent
-echo /path/to/multilib-overlay/profiles/base >> /etc/make.profile/parent
+Check the target of /etc/portage/make.profile:
+readlink /etc/portage/make.profile
+
+Replace it with a mini custom profile. If the original make.profile
+symlink was relative, you may need to prepend an extra “../” to it
+because you will now be referencing it from a subdirectory of the
+original reference:
+rm /etc/portage/make.profile
+mkdir /etc/portage/make.profile
+echo /path/to/current/profile >> /etc/portage/make.profile/parent
+echo /path/to/multilib-portage/profiles/base >> /etc/portage/make.profile/parent
4.
let the multilib overlay eclasses override the main tree ones: add the