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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -137,8 +137,13 @@ From source
  
         make test
  	
-    (The tests should pass.  If they don't pass for you, stop here and send
-     an email to bup-list@googlegroups.com.)
+    The tests should pass.  If they don't pass for you, stop here and
+    send an email to bup-list@googlegroups.com.  Though if there are
+    symbolic links along the current working directory path, the tests
+    may fail.  Running something like this before "make test" should
+    sidestep the problem:
+
+        cd "$(/bin/pwd)"
 
  - You can install bup via "make install", and override the default
    destination with DESTDIR and PREFIX.
@@ -215,14 +220,14 @@ Using bup
 
         bup restore -C ./dest-2 local-etc/2013-11-23-11195/etc
 
- - Make a backup on a remote server (which must already have the 'bup' command
-   somewhere in the server's PATH (see /etc/profile, etc/environment,
-   ~/.profile, or ~/.bashrc), and be accessible via ssh.
-   Make sure to replace SERVERNAME with the actual hostname of your server):
+ - Make a backup to a remote server which must already have the 'bup' command
+   somewhere in its PATH (see /etc/profile, etc/environment, ~/.profile, or
+   ~/.bashrc), and be accessible via ssh.
+   Make sure to replace SERVERNAME with the actual hostname of your server:
 
-        ssh SERVERNAME bup init
+        bup init -r SERVERNAME:path/to/remote-bup-dir
         bup index /etc
-        bup save -r SERVERNAME: -n local-etc /etc
+        bup save -r SERVERNAME:path/to/remote-bup-dir -n local-etc /etc
 
  - Restore a backup from a remote server.  (FAIL: unfortunately,
    unlike "bup join", "bup restore" does not yet support remote