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diff --git a/test/README b/test/README
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--- a/test/README
+++ b/test/README
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ The following command-line options are available when running tests:
 	As the names depend on the tests' file names, it is safe to
 	run the tests with this option in parallel.
 
+--root=<dir>::
+	This runs the testsuites specified under a seperate directory.
+	However, caution is advised, as not all tests are maintained
+	with this relocation in mind, so some tests may behave
+	differently.
+
+	Pointing this argument at a tmpfs filesystem can improve the
+	speed of the test suite for some users.
+
 When invoking the test suite via "make test" any of the above options
 can be specified as follows:
 
@@ -147,6 +156,13 @@ library for your script to use.
    will generate a failure and print the difference of the two
    strings.
 
+ test_expect_equal_file <output> <expected>
+
+   Identical to test_exepect_equal, except that <output> and
+   <expected> are files instead of strings.  This is a much more
+   robust method to compare formatted textual information, since it
+   also notices whitespace and closing newline differences.
+
  test_expect_equal_failure <output> <expected>
 
    This works similar to test_expect_equal (see above) but is used to