diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index a41154b4fb..6816c3f9dd 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 Bootstrapping Maven
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-To bootstrap Maven you must have a ~/.m2/maven.properties file with the following
-entry:
-
-maven.repo.local = /path/to/your/local/repository
-
 Set the environment variable M2_HOME pointing to the dir where you want Maven2 installed.
 
 NOTE: presently, the directory {M2_HOME}/bin must be in your path:
@@ -16,8 +11,7 @@ export PATH=$PATH:$M2_HOME/bin
 
 You can set the parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven2 bootstrap,
 setting the environment variable MAVEN_OPTS, e.g.
-e.g. to run in offline mode, set MAVEN_OPTS=-Dmaven.online=false
-e.g. to build maven with debug info, set MAVEN_OPTS=-Dmaven.compiler.debug=true
+e.g. to run in offline mode, set MAVEN_OPTS=-o
 
 Then run m2-bootstrap-all.bat (in Windows) or m2-bootstrap-all.sh (in Unix)