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diff --git a/test/README b/test/README
index 7a7e904a6..7e778eee7 100644
--- a/test/README
+++ b/test/README
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ In order to run this test suite, the following requirements must be met:
     gecos field is empty but there may be anomalies.
 
 (4) The directory into which you unpack the test suite must be accessible by
-    the Exim user, so that code running as exim can access the files therein. A
+    the Exim user, so that code running as exim can access the files therein.
+    This includes search-access on all path elements leading to it. A
     world-readable directory is fine. However, there may be problems if the
     path name of the directory is excessively long. This is because it
     sometimes appears in log lines or debug output, and if it is truncated, it
@@ -113,9 +114,9 @@ In order to run this test suite, the following requirements must be met:
     message).
 
 (9) Exim must be built with TRUSTED_CONFIG_LIST support, so that the test
-    configs can be placed into it. DISABLE_D_OPTION must not be used. If
-    ALT_CONFIG_PREFIX is used, it must contain the directory of the test-suite.
-    WHITELIST_D_MACROS should contain:
+    configs can be placed into it.  A suitable file location is .../exim/test/trusted_configs
+    DISABLE_D_OPTION must not be used. If ALT_CONFIG_PREFIX is used, it
+    must contain the directory of the test-suite.  WHITELIST_D_MACROS should contain:
     
      DIR:EXIM_PATH:AA:ACL:ACLRCPT:ACL_MAIL:ACL_PREDATA:ACL_RCPT:AFFIX:ALLOW:ARG1:ARG2:AUTHF:AUTHS:AUTH_ID_DOMAIN:BAD:BANNER:BB:BR:BRB:CERT:COM:COMMAND_USER:CONNECTCOND:CONTROL:CREQCIP:CREQMAC:CRL:CSS:D6:DATA:DCF:DDF:DEFAULTDWC:DELAY:DETAILS:DRATELIMIT:DYNAMIC_OPTION:ELI:ERROR_DETAILS:ERT:FAKE:FALLBACK:FILTER:FILTER_PREPEND_HOME:FORBID:FORBID_SMTP_CODE:FUSER:HAI:HAP:HARDLIMIT:HEADER_LINE_MAXSIZE:HEADER_MAXSIZE:HELO_MSG:HL:HOSTS:HOSTS_AVOID_TLS:HOSTS_MAX_TRY:HVH:IFACE:IGNORE_QUOTA:INC:INSERT:IP1:IP2:LAST:LDAPSERVERS:LENCHECK:LIMIT:LIST:LOG_SELECTOR:LS:MAXNM:MESSAGE_LOGS:MSIZE:NOTDAEMON:ONCE:ONLY:OPT:OPTION:ORDER:PAH:PEX:PORT:PTBC:QDG:QOLL:QUOTA:QUOTA_FILECOUNT:QWM:RCPT_MSG:REMEMBER:REQUIRE:RETRY:RETRY1:RETRY2:RETURN:RETURN_ERROR_DETAILS:REWRITE:ROUTE_DATA:RRATELIMIT:RT:S:SELECTOR:SELF:SERVER:SERVERS:SREQCIP:SREQMAC:SRV:STD:STRICT:SUB:SUBMISSION_OPTIONS:TIMEOUTDEFER:TIMES:TRUSTED:TRYCLEAR:UL:USE_SENDER:UTF8:VALUE:WMF:X:Y
 
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ RUNNING THE TEST SUITE
     auxiliary programs that are written in C.
 
 (4) echo $PWD/test-config >> your_TRUSTED_CONFIG_LIST_filename
+    Typically that is .../exim/test/trusted_configs
 
 (5) Run "./runtest" (a Perl script) as described below.
 
@@ -235,6 +237,11 @@ is as follows:
 
 There are some options for the ./runtest script itself:
 
+  -CONTINUE This will allow the script to move past some failing tests. It will
+            write a simple failure line with the test number in a temporary
+            logfile test/failed-summary.log. Unexpected exit codes will still
+            stall the test execution and require interaction.
+
   -DEBUG    This option is for debugging the test script. It causes some
             tracing information to be output.
 
@@ -432,6 +439,10 @@ OTHER ISSUES
   with an extra log line saying the hostname doesn't resolve.  You must use a
   FQDN for the hostname for proper test functionality.
 
+. If you change your hostname to a FQDN, you must delete the test/dnszones
+  subdirectory.  When you next run the runtest script, it will rebuild the
+  content to use the new hostname.
+
 . If your hostname has an uppercase characters in it, expect that some tests
   will fail, for example, 0036, because some log lines will have the hostname
   in all lowercase.  The regex which extracts the hostname from the log lines
@@ -713,6 +724,12 @@ This command causes the script to sleep for m milliseconds. Nothing is output
 to the screen.
 
 
+  munge <name>
+
+This command requests custom munging of the test outputs.  The munge names
+used are coded in the runtest script.
+
+
   need_ipv4
 
 This command must be at the head of a script. If no IPv4 interface has been