-Note that additional, per-user configuration files
-(~/.gnunet/gnunet.conf) need to be created by each user (for example,
-by running gnunet-setup). Note that gnunet-setup is a separate
-download and requires recent versions of GTK+ and Glade; you can also
-edit the configuration file by hand, but this is not recommended. For
-more general information about the GNU build process read the INSTALL
-file.
+Note that additional, per-user configuration files can be created by
+each user. However, this is usually not necessary as there are few
+per-user options that normal users would want to modify. The defaults
+that are shipped with the installation are usually just fine.
+
+The gnunet-setup tool is particularly useful to generate the master
+configuration for the peer. gnunet-setup can be used to configure and
+test (!) the network settings, choose which applications should be run
+and configure databases. Other options you might want to control
+include system limitations (such as disk space consumption, bandwidth,
+etc.). The resulting configuration files are human-readable and can
+theoretically be created or edited by hand.
+
+gnunet-setup is a separate download and requires somewhat recent
+versions of GTK+ and Glade. You can also create the configuration file
+by hand, but this is not recommended. For more general information
+about the GNU build process read the INSTALL file.