diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5d7964c9f54f8743f2533a26c749c5b39e8da04d..74280382015cdff1e2bb036398d223b00990aaeb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ sysconfdir = /etc/djrandom
 
 all: version.go $(JS_TARGET)
 
+install-client:
+	go get ./client/... && go install ./client/...
+
 install: all
 	(for dir in server services mapreduce ; do \
 	 go get ./$${dir}/... && go install ./$${dir}/... ; done)
diff --git a/mkclientdist.sh b/mkclientdist.sh
index 83e3a4bc701dc86e9b8e347a98d99a0e68a9bcf7..92393bb6485797dc4c7bfc069b6192dad1eaf031 100755
--- a/mkclientdist.sh
+++ b/mkclientdist.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+#
+# Create a self-contained binary distribution of the DJRandom clients,
+# including all the dynamic libraries.
+#
 
 set -e