diff --git a/mps/qa/test/README b/mps/qa/test/README
index 5fc8bd97b0c..e7918b73c8b 100644
--- a/mps/qa/test/README
+++ b/mps/qa/test/README
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-$HopeName: MMQA_harness!README(trunk.7) $
-
-This is the MMQA_say release of the MMQA test harness.
-(i.e. what you get by checking out MMQA_harness!(MMQA_say)).
+$HopeName: MMQA_harness!README(trunk.8) $
 
+This is the Memory Management QA test harness. To use it you need
+perl 5 (or higher). Go "perl qa help" for help, "perl qa options"
+to see what version of the harness you have (or look at the
+file "test/version").
 
+Some brief instructions are in guide.mm-qa in MM Information; ask
+<rit> (ext 3822) if you need help, want to complain, &c.