diff --git a/evennia/game_template/README.md b/evennia/game_template/README.md
index 5d36c7e19d..7aa449ff24 100644
--- a/evennia/game_template/README.md
+++ b/evennia/game_template/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Welcome to Evennia!
 
-This directory is your game directory, set up to let you start with
-your new game right away.
+This is your game directory, set up to let you start with
+your new game right away. An overview of this directory is found here:
+https://github.com/evennia/evennia/wiki/Directory-Overview#the-game-directory
 
 You can delete this readme file when you've read it and you can
 re-arrange things in this game-directory to suit your own sense of
@@ -12,16 +13,17 @@ where to look for things.
 
 Your game's main configuration file is found in
 `server/conf/settings.py` (but you don't need to change it to get
-started). If you just created this directory, `cd` to this directory
-then initialize a new database using
+started). If you just created this directory (which means you'll already
+have a `virtualenv` running if you followed the default instructions),
+`cd` to this directory then initialize a new database using
 
     evennia migrate
 
-To start the server, `cd` to this directory and run
+To start the server, stand in this directory and run
 
     evennia start
 
-This will start the server so that it logs output to the console. Make
+This will start the server, logging output to the console. Make
 sure to create a superuser when asked. By default you can now connect
 to your new game using a MUD client on `localhost`, port `4000`.  You can 
 also log into the web client by pointing a browser to
@@ -35,3 +37,4 @@ http://github.com/evennia/evennia/wiki/Tutorials.
 Evennia's documentation is here: 
 https://github.com/evennia/evennia/wiki.
 
+Enjoy!