diff --git a/jetty-distribution/src/main/resources/webapps/README.TXT b/jetty-distribution/src/main/resources/webapps/README.TXT
index e6536844384..eaaa954f2cf 100644
--- a/jetty-distribution/src/main/resources/webapps/README.TXT
+++ b/jetty-distribution/src/main/resources/webapps/README.TXT
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ applications to deploy using the following conventions:
 + A directory called example/ will be deployed as a standard web
 application if it contains a WEB-INF/ subdirectory, otherwise it will be
 deployed as context of static content. The context path will be /example
-(eg http://localhost:8080/example/) unless the base name is root, in
-which case the context path is /. If the directory name ends with ".d"
-it is ignored (by may be used by explicit configuration).
+(eg http://localhost:8080/example/) unless the base name is "root" (not 
+case sensitive), in which case the context path is /. If the directory name 
+ends with ".d" it is ignored (but may still be used by explicit configuration).
 
 + A file called example.war will be deployed as a standard web application
-with the context path /example  (eg http://localhost:8080/example/). If the
+with the context path /example (eg http://localhost:8080/example/). If the
 base name is root, then the context path is /. If example.war and example/
 exist, then only the WAR is deployed (which may use the directory as an
 unpack location).