Index: INSTALL
===================================================================
--- a/INSTALL	(revision 9aa280993f159f065da82d5fac30eb86a6599f4d)
+++ b/INSTALL	(revision 3abfd72b2720c21eba51bb2338f0b8b835dae720)
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@
 
 If you have checked this out from Git, you need to have:
-* automake (supported versions are 1.14--1.15)
+* automake (supported versions are 1.14--1.16)
 * autoconf (supported versions are 2.65--2.69)
 Then type "./autogen.sh" to build the needed configuration
Index: autogen.sh
===================================================================
--- a/autogen.sh	(revision 86ae7dad3fc1cad3744663d0da8034625dc9ffb1)
+++ b/autogen.sh	(revision 3abfd72b2720c21eba51bb2338f0b8b835dae720)
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 
 case $automake_version in
-    *' '1.1[45]*)
+    *' '1.1[456]*)
 	;;
     *)
 	echo "This automake version is not supported by LyX."
-	echo "LyX only supports automake 1.14 to 1.15."
+	echo "LyX only supports automake 1.14 through 1.16."
 	exit 1
 	;;
