diff --git a/contrib/addtzname/README.md b/contrib/addtzname/README.md
index a2489cf..fffc20d 100644
--- a/contrib/addtzname/README.md
+++ b/contrib/addtzname/README.md
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Use at your own risk.
 
 Basically, after taking a backup, this is:
 
-- `o` is the path to your existing STORAGEDIR
-- `n` is a new directory
+- `o` is the path to your existing STORAGEDIR (_old_)
+- `n` is a new directory (_new_)
 
 ```console
 $ mkdir n
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ $ ot-recorder -S n --initialize
 $ ocat -S o --dump | ./addtzname | ocat -S n --load
 $ ocat -S n --dump | head  # verify JSON contains tzname
 
-# when you're ready:
+# when you're ready and the above looks sensible:
+
 $ cp n/ghash/* ....../o/ghash/
 ```