diff --git a/lucene/README.txt b/lucene/README.txt
index 6d52f0fd9a3..c29873efaf9 100644
--- a/lucene/README.txt
+++ b/lucene/README.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Lucene README file
+Apache Lucene README file
 
 INTRODUCTION
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ The Lucene web site is at:
 Please join the Lucene-User mailing list by sending a message to:
   java-user-subscribe@lucene.apache.org
 
-FILES
+Files in a binary distribution:
 
 lucene-core-XX.jar
   The compiled lucene library.
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ contrib/*
   part of the core library.  Of special note are the JAR files in the analyzers directory which
   contain various analyzers that people may find useful in place of the StandardAnalyzer.
 
-
-
 docs/index.html
   The contents of the Lucene website.
 
@@ -37,8 +35,4 @@ docs/api/index.html
   The Javadoc Lucene API documentation.  This includes the core
   library, the demo, as well as all of the contrib modules.
 
-src/java
-  The Lucene source code.
-
-contrib/demo/src
-  Some example code.
+See BUILD.txt for building a source distribution