diff --git a/makefile-templates/Makefile.lecture b/makefile-templates/Makefile.lecture
index 14d0563..1fcee99 100644
--- a/makefile-templates/Makefile.lecture
+++ b/makefile-templates/Makefile.lecture
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@
 #
 # Alternatively, you can use this to set the base name of the source and target
 # files if this is a one-off lecture that doesn't fall into the standard
-# chapter convention. (Set CHAPTER above to whatever you like if you don't
-# use it.)
+# chapter convention, or you don't want to use the chapter number in the
+# filenames. (Set CHAPTER above to whatever you like if you don't use it.)
 #
 # SLIDES=
 # FIGURES=
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@
 #
 # List of files other than the standard ones (slides, figures, combined)
 # to be installed on the web server. By default, install the following
-# files: ChapterXslides.pdf, ChapterXcombined.pdf, ChapterXfigures.pdf,
-# ChapterXfigures-reduced.pdf. This can include files in subdirectories
+# files: $(SLIDES).pdf, $(COMBINED).pdf, $(FIGURES).pdf, 
+# $(FIGURES)-reduced.pdf. This can include files in subdirectories
 # (e.g., foo/bar.pdf), but the subdirectories themselves will not be
 # created at the other end (i.e., the directory structure will be
 # flattened).