diff --git a/collects/tests/mred/README b/collects/tests/mred/README
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@@ -1,14 +1,23 @@
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+
 "startup" tests the startup flags of mred. run "run.ss" from that directory.
 
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+
 "frame-edit.ss" checks that various frames match with various
 edits. Under construction.
 
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-The "gui.ss" file tests autosaving, opening and closing of frames.
+
+"gui.ss" tests:
+ - save prompting (before closing unsaved files) and
+ - autosaving 
+
+evaluate `(load "gui.ss")' in the console to run.
+
+It also overwrites the file "tmp.ss" in the testing directory.
 
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+
 The "item.ss" test (use load/cd) creates a frame to select
 among several types of control-testing frames: