-N option to diff is not essential, and mentioning it is unnecessarily confusing to people whose diff doesn't implement it.
diff --git a/README b/README index 320ac1b..7e3e93b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README
@@ -174,4 +174,4 @@ # [your changes] # ./Configure dist; make clean # cd .. - # diff -urN openssl-orig openssl-work > mydiffs.patch + # diff -ur openssl-orig openssl-work > mydiffs.patch