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diff --git a/tests/star/README b/tests/star/README
index fefae5f..a2fd0ae 100644
--- a/tests/star/README
+++ b/tests/star/README
@@ -7,37 +7,45 @@ is set and points to the directory where the test archives reside.
 Sample usage:
 
 	make STAR_TESTSCRIPTS=testdir check
+or	
+	make TESTS_ENVIRONMENT='STAR_TESTSCRIPTS=testdir' check
 
-The following is a short description of the tests:
+Following is a short description of the tests:
 
 * gtarfail.sh and gtarfile2.tar
 
-Need gtarfile.tar and gtarfile2.tar, respectively. These are POSIX
-compliant tar files that were not accepted by previous versions of
-GNU tar.
+These tests require gtarfile.tar and gtarfile2.tar, respectively.
+These files are POSIX compliant tar archives that were not accepted
+by previous versions of GNU tar.
+
+* multi-fail.sh
+
+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). 
 
 * ustar-big-2g.sh
 
-Needs ustar-big-2g.tar.bz2. It is a tar archive containing a file with
+Requires ustar-big-2g.tar.bz2. It is a tar archive containing a file with
 the largest size that a historic tar implementation is able to understand.
 
 * ustar-big-8g.sh
 
-Needs ustar-big-8g.tar.bz2. This is a test for reading an archive containing
+Requires ustar-big-8g.tar.bz2. This is a test for reading an archive containing
 files with the largest size that may be used with ustar (POSIX.1-1990)
 format.
 
 * pax-big-10g.sh
 
-Needs pax-big-10g.tar.bz2. It tests handling pax (POSIX.1-2001) archves
-containing very large files (in this case -- 1 GB).
+Requires pax-big-10g.tar.bz2. It tests handling pax (POSIX.1-2001) archves
+containing very large files (in this case -- 10 GB).
 
 * qucktest.sh
 
-A test for compliance to POSIX.1-1990 tar specification. Needs
+A test for compliance to POSIX.1-1990 tar specification. It requires
 the files ustar-all-quicktest.tar and quicktest.filelist. Apart
 from them, the `tartest' program from 'star' package is needed.
-This test may be run only with root privileges, so it is a good
+The test may be run only with root privileges, so it is a good
 idea to test the contents of ustar-all-quicktest.tar before running
 it.