diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e85e4b8..9578caf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ includedir ?= $(prefix)/include
 datarootdir ?= $(prefix)/share
 datadir ?= $(datarootdir)
 mydatadir ?= $(datadir)/smax-clib
+mandir ?= $(datarootdir)/man
 docdir ?= $(datarootdir)/doc/smax-clib
 htmldir ?= $(docdir)/html
 
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ INSTALL_PROGRAM ?= install
 INSTALL_DATA ?= install -m 644
 
 .PHONY: install
-install: install-libs install-tools install-headers install-apidoc
+install: install-libs install-tools install-man install-headers install-apidoc
 
 .PHONY: install-libs
 install-libs:
@@ -143,6 +144,12 @@ else
 	@echo "WARNING! Skipping tools install: needs 'tools'"
 endif
 
+.PHONY: install-man
+install-man:
+	@echo "installing man pages under $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)."
+	@install -d $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) -D man/man1/* $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1
+
 .PHONY: install-headers
 install-headers:
 	@echo "installing headers to $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bfd3786..b9af9fc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -137,10 +137,17 @@ system-wide install you may simply run:
   $ sudo make install
 ```
 
-Or, to install in some other locations, you may set a prefix. For example to install under `/opt` instead, you can:
+Or, to install in some other locations, you may set a prefix and/or `DESTDIR`. For example, to install under `/opt` 
+instead, you can:
 
 ```bash
-  $ sudo make prefix=/opt install
+  $ sudo make prefix="/opt" install
+```
+
+Or, to stage the installation (to `/usr`) under a 'build root':
+
+```bash
+  $ make DESTDIR="/tmp/stage" install
 ```
 
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diff --git a/man/man1/smaxValue.1.gz b/man/man1/smaxValue.1.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5147e2
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diff --git a/man/man1/smaxWrite.1.gz b/man/man1/smaxWrite.1.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8632638
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diff --git a/tools/smaxValue.c b/tools/smaxValue.c
index fef075d..b7d3609 100644
--- a/tools/smaxValue.c
+++ b/tools/smaxValue.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static void usage() {
   printf("    -t <type>    Print as <type>, e.g. 'int8', 'float', 'string', 'raw'.\n");
   printf("    -n <count>   Print as <count> number of elements.\n");
   printf("    -l           List field names contained in structures.\n");
-  printf("    -e           Print errors/warning to stderr.\n");
+  printf("    -e           Print errors/warnings to stderr.\n");
   printf("    -s <host>    Use a specific host as the SMA-X database server.\n\n");
   printf("  This tool always returns a value (or the requested number of values),\n");
   printf("  It defaults to zero(es) for any elements not in the SMA-X database.\n");
diff --git a/tools/smaxWrite.c b/tools/smaxWrite.c
index 8fc9ebd..7a23239 100644
--- a/tools/smaxWrite.c
+++ b/tools/smaxWrite.c
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ static char *host = SMAX_DEFAULT_HOSTNAME;
 static char *delims = ",;";
 static char *sType;
 
-#define NOT_ENOUGH_TOKENS       2
-
 static void syntax() {
   printf("\n");
   printf("  Syntax: smaxWrite -t <type> [options] table:key value\n\n");