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@@ -9,36 +9,10 @@ exports of data sets between databases and HDFS.
 
 Sqoop ships with additional documentation: a user guide and a manual page.
 
-Asciidoc sources for both of these are in +src/docs/+. Run +ant docs+ to build
-the documentation. It will be created in +build/docs/+.
+Asciidoc sources for both of these are in `src/docs/`. Run `ant docs` to build
+the documentation. It will be created in `build/docs/`.
 
 If you got Sqoop in release form, documentation will already be built and
-available in the +docs/+ directory.
+available in the `docs/` directory.
 
-## Compiling Sqoop
-
-Compiling Sqoop requires the following tools:
-
-* Apache ant (1.9.7)
-* Java JDK 1.8
-
-Additionally, building the documentation requires these tools:
-
-* asciidoc
-* make
-* python 2.5+
-* xmlto
-* tar
-* gzip
-
-To compile Sqoop, run +ant package+. There will be a fully self-hosted build
-provided in the +build/sqoop-(version)/+ directory.
-
-You can build just the jar by running +ant jar+.
-
-See the COMPILING.txt document for more information.
-
-## This is also an Asciidoc file!
-
-* Try running +asciidoc README.txt+
-* For more information about asciidoc, see http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/
+For more information on compiling see  [COMPILING.adoc](COMPILING.adoc)