diff --git a/GIT-INFO.md b/GIT-INFO.md
index 825476c96c..71a8b0375c 100644
--- a/GIT-INFO.md
+++ b/GIT-INFO.md
@@ -27,16 +27,6 @@ In environments that don't support configure (i.e. Windows), do this:
 
 ## REQUIREMENTS
 
-For `autoreconf` and `configure` (not `buildconf.bat`) to work, you need the
-following software installed:
+See [docs/INTERNALS.md][0] for requirement details.
 
- o autoconf 2.57  (or later)
- o automake 1.7   (or later)
- o libtool  1.4.2 (or later)
- o GNU m4 (required by autoconf)
- o perl
-
-If you don't have perl and don't want to install it, you can rename the source
-file `src/tool_hugehelp.c.cvs` to `src/tool_hugehelp.c` and avoid having to
-generate this file. This will give you a stubbed version of the file that
-doesn't contain actual content.
+[0]: docs/INTERNALS.md
diff --git a/docs/INTERNALS.md b/docs/INTERNALS.md
index 827fcfd36d..ff77bac779 100644
--- a/docs/INTERNALS.md
+++ b/docs/INTERNALS.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ versions of libs and build tools.
  - GNU Autoconf 2.59
  - GNU Automake 1.7
  - GNU M4       1.4
- - perl         5.6
+ - perl         5.8
  - roffit       0.5
  - cmake        3.7