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diff --git a/tests/star/README b/tests/star/README
index 8e1b231..2b96aa6 100644
--- a/tests/star/README
+++ b/tests/star/README
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
 This directory contains scripts for testing GNU tar using
 star "test archives". The archives themselves can be obtained
-from http://download.berlios.de/pub/star/testscripts.
+from ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/testscripts.
 
-The tests are ignored unless environment variable STAR_TESTSCRIPTS
-is set and points to the directory where the test archives reside.
-Sample usage:
+These tests are disabled by default. There are two ways to run
+them.  The simplest is by `make check-full' command.  It requires wget
+and GNU md5sum to be installed. If you don't have these utilities,
+download the test archives manually and set the environment variable
+STAR_TESTSCRIPTS to point to the directory where they reside, for
+example:
 
 	make STAR_TESTSCRIPTS=testdir check
-or	
+or
 	make TESTS_ENVIRONMENT='STAR_TESTSCRIPTS=testdir' check
 
 The file `quicktest.sh' is a separate test. It is never executed
 within `make check' command, you will need to run it manually.
 Please, carefully read section `quicktest.sh' below before running
 it.
-	
+
 Following is a short description of the tests:
 
 * gtarfail.at and gtarfail2.at
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ by previous versions of GNU tar.
 
 Requires gnu-multi-fail-volume1.gtar and gnu-multi-fail-volume2.gtar.
 These are two parts of a multi-volume archive that previous versions
-of tar refused to read (at least, without -B option). 
+of tar refused to read (at least, without -B option).
 
 * ustar-big-2g.at
 
@@ -49,9 +52,9 @@ containing very large files (in this case -- 10 GB).
 
 This is a test for compliance to POSIX.1-1990 tar specification. It
 requires two files: ustar-all-quicktest.tar and quicktest.filelist,
-(they usually reside in star/tartest directory), and `tartest' program
+(they usually reside in star/testscripts directory), and `tartest' program
 (also part of star distribution). The test must be run only with root
-privileges, so it is a good idea to test contents of
+privileges, so it is a good idea to verify the contents of
 ustar-all-quicktest.tar before running it.
 
 If `tartest' is not in your PATH, use TARTEST variable to specify its