diff --git a/README b/README
index f8ba32d..a2438e5 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ Flake8 is a wrapper around these tools:
 - pep8
 - Ned's MacCabe script
 
-It runs all tools by launching the single 'flake8' script, but ignores pep8 
-and PyFlakes extended options and just uses defaults.
+Flake8 runs all tools by launching the single 'flake8' script, but ignores pep8 
+and PyFlakes extended options and just uses defaults. It displays the warnings
+in a per-file, merged output.
 
 It also adds a few features: