diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d41065a59d8848b8f294d60b4172969e7c74525b..c111b331371ae211d3bc2e3a9e34ad2a7d6b3982 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-simplekit-0.3.0.gem
\ No newline at end of file
+*.gem
diff --git a/ReadMe.1st b/ReadMe.1st
index ff32c2d7f70861991d51be90c4f030c02f7c174f..c9f42f19bdfa08e1613a5c3a576c573ea0cf67bc 100644
--- a/ReadMe.1st
+++ b/ReadMe.1st
@@ -29,10 +29,18 @@ recommend Lee Schruben's SIGMA package or Arnie Buss's SimKit.
 
 WHAT'S WHAT
 
-This top level folder contains this file, "ReadMe.1st", and a copy of the
+This top level folder contains this file, "ReadMe.1st", the
+simplekit.gemspec used to create the gem installation, and a copy of the
 GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) in the file "lgpl.txt".  Please
 read the LGPL to see what your rights and restrictions are!
 
+To install SimpleKit-ruby, use Ruby's "gem" command:
+
+	gem build simplekit.gemspec
+	gem install simplekit-<version>.gem
+
+You may need to authenticate as an administrator to install gems.
+
 There are two subdirectories.  Source code for SimpleKit-ruby can be found
 in lib/simplekit.rb.  Documentation can be generated using Ruby's
 rdoc command.
diff --git a/simplekit.gemspec b/simplekit.gemspec
index b72d56af239cf4f9806d59a90ef53069bd640fd3..e6dcaf6de8285bcb309952acd6cc5ee3b219e77b 100644
--- a/simplekit.gemspec
+++ b/simplekit.gemspec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- ruby -*-
-_VERSION = "0.3.0"
+_VERSION = "0.3.1"
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = "simplekit"