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diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
index 0953026..b4b1f53 100644
--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-This is the perl test library.  To run all the tests, just type 'TEST'.
+This is the perl test library.  To run most of the tests, just type './TEST'
+(which will not run the tests residing in lib/ or ext/.  In order to run
+all of the tests type 'make test' from the build direcotory above t/).
 
 To add new tests, just look at the current tests and do likewise.
 
@@ -10,7 +12,17 @@ ignores lines beginning with '#'.
 
 If you know that Perl is basically working but expect that some tests
 will fail, you may want to use Test::Harness thusly:
+        cd t
 	./perl -I../lib harness
 This method pinpoints failed tests automatically.
 
 If you come up with new tests, please send them to perlbug@perl.org.
+
+Tests in the t/base/ directory ought to be runnable with plain miniperl.
+That is, they should not require Config.pm nor should they require any
+extensions to have been built.  TEST will abort if any tests in the
+t/base/ directory fail.
+
+Tests in the t/comp/, t/cmd/, t/run/, t/io/, and t/op/ directories should
+also be runnable by miniperl and not require Config.pm, but failures
+to comply will not cause TEST to abort like for t/base/.