diff --git a/maven-wrapper/README.md b/maven-wrapper/README.md
index 3de41ca4bc..ea93ee1d3d 100644
--- a/maven-wrapper/README.md
+++ b/maven-wrapper/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ mvn -N io.takari:maven:0.7.6:wrapper
 > some users this seem to result in usage of an old version of the wrapper and
 > therefore installation of older Maven defaults and so on.
 
-Normally you instruct users to run the `mvn` command like the following:
+Normally you instruct users to install a specific version of Apache Maven, put
+it on the PATH and then run the `mvn` command like the following:
 
 ```bash
 mvn clean install
@@ -43,7 +44,10 @@ mvnw.cmd clean install
 A normal Maven build will be executed with the one important change that if the
 user doesn't have the necessary version of Maven specified in
 `.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties` it will be downloaded for the user
-first.
+first, installed and then used.
+
+Subsequent uses of `mvn`/`mvnw.cmd` use the previously downloaded, specific
+version as needed.
 
 ## Supported Systems