diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 597059da..b2d84ab8 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Revision history for Geo-Coder-Free
 0.35
 	Fix scantext.t when OSM is installed
 	Fix openaddr.t test for not/there
+	Rework the GETTING STARTED section of the POD
 
 0.34	Mon Nov  6 16:53:43 EST 2023
 	Latest DB.pm from NJH-Snippets
diff --git a/bin/create_db b/bin/create_db
index 10a06138..d44ea246 100755
--- a/bin/create_db
+++ b/bin/create_db
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set -e
 # First use download_databases to download the databases, then use this
 # script to build the G:C:F database in the directory $OPENADDR_HOME
 
-export OPENADDR_HOME="${OPENADDR_HOME:-~/misc/openaddr}"
+export OPENADDR_HOME="${OPENADDR_HOME:-~/etc/openaddr}"
 
 cd ~/src/njh/Geo-Coder-Free
 git pull
diff --git a/bin/download_databases b/bin/download_databases
index 71bad92f..3d3ccfba 100755
--- a/bin/download_databases
+++ b/bin/download_databases
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # Download the databases and create the local SQLite database
-# Be aware that this takes significant disc space
+# Be aware that this takes significant disc space and can take a day or two to complete
 
 set -ex
 
 export WHOSONFIRST_HOME="${WHOSONFIRST_HOME:-~/src/whosonfirst-sqlite}"
-export OPENADDR_HOME="${OPENADDR_HOME:-~/misc/openaddr}"
+export OPENADDR_HOME="${OPENADDR_HOME:-~/etc/openaddr}"
 export DR5HN_HOME="${DR5HN_HOME:-~/src/countries-states-cites-database}"
-export OSM_HOME="${OSM_HOME:-~/misc/osm}"
+export OSM_HOME="${OSM_HOME:-~/etc/osm}"
+
 # export http_proxy=http://zack:3128
 # export https_proxy=http://zack:3128
 export http_proxy=
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ mkdir -p $WHOSONFIRST_HOME
 # cd $WHOSONFIRST_HOME && ./wof-sqlite-download
 cd $WHOSONFIRST_HOME && ./wof-update
 
+mkdir -p $OPENADDR_HOME
+
 if [ -r $OPENADDR_HOME/openaddresses.sql ]; then
 	mv $OPENADDR_HOME/openaddresses.sql $OPENADDR_HOME/openaddresses.sql.keep
 	chmod 444 $OPENADDR_HOME/openaddresses.sql.keep
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ fi
 
 cd $DR5HN_HOME && git pull
 
+mkdir -p $OSM_HOME
 # cd ~/Downloads && /usr/bin/wget -N -c https://ftpmirror.your.org/pub/openstreetmap/planet/planet-latest.osm.bz2
 cd $OSM_HOME && /usr/bin/wget -N -c https://download.geofabrik.de/europe-latest.osm.bz2
 /usr/bin/wget -N -c https://download.geofabrik.de/north-america-latest.osm.bz2
diff --git a/lib/Geo/Coder/Free.pm b/lib/Geo/Coder/Free.pm
index 61a548af..86fdb75a 100644
--- a/lib/Geo/Coder/Free.pm
+++ b/lib/Geo/Coder/Free.pm
@@ -394,29 +394,39 @@ sub _abbreviate($) {
 
 =head1 GETTING STARTED
 
-Before you start,
-install L<App::csv2sqlite>;
-optionally set the environment variable OPENADDR_HOME to point to an empty directory and download the data from L<http://results.openaddresses.io> into that directory;
-optionally set the environment variable WHOSONFIRST_HOME to point to an empty directory and download the data using L<https://github.com/nigelhorne/NJH-Snippets/blob/master/bin/wof-sqlite-download>.
+Before running "make", but after running "perl Makefile.PL", run these instructions.
+
+Optionally set the environment variable OPENADDR_HOME to point to an empty directory and download the data from L<http://results.openaddresses.io> into that directory; and
+optionally set the environment variable WHOSONFIRST_HOME to point to an empty directory and download the data using L<https://github.com/nigelhorne/NJH-Snippets/blob/master/bin/wof-sqlite-clone>.
+The script bin/download_databases (see below) will do that for you.
 You do not need to download the MaxMind data, that will be downloaded automatically.
 
 You will need to create the database used by Geo::Coder::Free.
+
+Install L<App::csv2sqlite> and L<https://github.com/nigelhorne/NJH-Snippets>.
+Run bin/create_sqlite - converts the Maxmind "cities" database from CSV to SQLite.
+
+Optional steps to download and install large databases.
+This will take a long time and use a lot of disc space, be clear that this is what you want.
 In the bin directory there are some helper scripts to do this.
 You will need to tailor them to your set up, but that's not that hard as the
-scripts are trivial
-
-1. Download_databases - this will download the WhosOnFirst, Openaddr,
+scripts are trivial.
+1. mkdir $WHOSONFIRST_HOME, cd $WHOSONFIRST_HOME, run wof-clone from NJH-Snippets.
+2. Run bin/download_databases - this will download the WhosOnFirst, Openaddr,
 Open Street Map and dr5hn databases.
 Check the values of OSM_HOME, OPENADDR_HOME,
 DRD5HN_HOME and WHOSONFIRST_HOME within that script,
 you may wish to change them.
-The Makefile.PL file will download the MaxMind database.
-2. create_db - this creates the database used by G:C:F.
-It's called openaddr.sql,
+The Makefile.PL file will download the MaxMind database for you, as that is not optional.
+3. If you have done step 2,
+run bin/create_db - this creates the database used by G:C:F.
+If not, ignore this step and go to step 4.
+The database is called openaddr.sql,
 but that's historical before I added the WhosOnFirst database.
 The names are a bit of a mess because of that.
 I should rename it, though it doesn't contain the Maxmind data.
-3. create_sqlite - converts the Maxmind database from CSV to SQLite.
+
+Now you're ready to run "make".
 
 See the comment at the start of createdatabase.PL for further reading.
 
@@ -456,6 +466,8 @@ The OpenAddresses data doesn't cover the globe.
 
 Can't parse and handle "London, England".
 
+The various scripts in NJH-Snippets ought to be in this module.
+
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 L<https://openaddresses.io/>,