diff --git a/README b/README
index 1733f89aa8faece2a4dc72d1f7aecb6070b971d5..484f35028ea1dfbced8d7f05e1f5dcf060e07a56 100755
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -15,16 +15,19 @@ information.
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 Requirements:
-- The web server must support PHP5
-- If the configuration and the backup configuration differ, you have to make 
-  sure the user that runs the php script has write access for the configuration
-  files.
-- PHP XML Parser extension for parsing SAML2 metadata
+- PHP 5.3 or newer
+- PHP XML Parser extension is required for parsing SAML2 metadata
+- The web server users must have write permissions to some files including: 
+  * $backupIDPConfigFile (default 'IDProvider.conf.php')
+  * $metadataIDPFile (default 'IDProvider.metadata.conf.php')
+  * $metadataSPFile (default 'SProvider.metadata.conf.php')
+  * $metadataLockFile (default '/tmp/wayf_metadata.lock')
+  * $WAYFLogFile (default '/var/log/apache2/wayf.log')
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 Installation:
-1. Unpack the Zip archive into a directory on a host where Apache 
-  (IIS also should work) is deployed. 
+1. Unpack the SWITCHwayf_binary ${VERSION}_${DATE}.zip ZIP archive into a 
+   directory on a host where Apache or IIS is installed. 
 
 2. Make a copy of the *.dist.php files
    - Copy the file config.dist.php and name it config.php 
@@ -177,4 +180,4 @@ This should output PHP warning messages which are otherwise supressed.
 Documentation:
 
 Consult the DOC file in the same directly like this file for further information 
-on configuring and customizing the SWITCHwayf.
\ No newline at end of file
+on configuring and customizing the SWITCHwayf.