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diff --git a/test/README b/test/README
index f2499bce..b378c3ff 100644
--- a/test/README
+++ b/test/README
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ that you know if you break anything.
   - gpg(1)
   - python(1)
 
-If your system lacks these tools or have older, non-upgreable versions
+If your system lacks these tools or have older, non-upgradable versions
 of these, please (possibly compile and) install these to some other
 path, for example /usr/local/bin or /opt/gnu/bin. Then prepend the
 chosen directory to your PATH before running the tests.
@@ -80,15 +80,6 @@ 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 separate 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.
-
 Certain tests require precomputed databases to complete. You can fetch these
 databases with
 
@@ -144,9 +135,9 @@ remaining tests to be unaffected.
 
 Currently we do not consider skipped tests as build failures. For
 maximum robustness, when setting up automated build processes, you
-should explicitely skip tests, rather than relying on notmuch's
+should explicitly skip tests, rather than relying on notmuch's
 detection of missing prerequisites. In the future we may treat tests
-unable to run because of missing prerequisites, but not explicitely
+unable to run because of missing prerequisites, but not explicitly
 skipped by the user, as failures.
 
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