I was unable to get the instructions to work if LLVM was built

using a separate objects directory.

git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@122656 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

diff --git a/docs/WritingAnLLVMPass.html b/docs/WritingAnLLVMPass.html
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--- a/docs/WritingAnLLVMPass.html
+++ b/docs/WritingAnLLVMPass.html
@@ -178,9 +178,11 @@ source tree in the <tt>lib/Transforms/Hello</tt> directory.</p>
 
 <div class="doc_text">
 
-  <p>First, you need to create a new directory somewhere in the LLVM source 
+  <p>First, configure and build LLVM.  This needs to be done directly inside the
+  LLVM source tree rather than in a separate objects directory.
+  Next, you need to create a new directory somewhere in the LLVM source 
   base.  For this example, we'll assume that you made 
-  <tt>lib/Transforms/Hello</tt>.  Next, you must set up a build script 
+  <tt>lib/Transforms/Hello</tt>.  Finally, you must set up a build script 
   (Makefile) that will compile the source code for the new pass.  To do this, 
   copy the following into <tt>Makefile</tt>:</p>
   <hr/>