diff --git a/assign1/README.md b/assign1/README.md
index e594b645da0bd6eaaff9496461c99c48e312ba2e..60999ee12fdcdedd6d93b640aa3b3d0b10025dd5 100644
--- a/assign1/README.md
+++ b/assign1/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ like the following:
 
 Create the new `assign1` project inside cmsc436-keleher, create a new
 `model.swift` in the project to define your model, update the unit
-tests via [this link](assign1Tests.swift), and perform the following for your first
+tests by copying from [this link](assign1Tests.swift) verbatim, and perform the following for your first
 commit:
 ```
     cd cmsc436-keleher
@@ -61,12 +61,6 @@ so that:
  1. you do not lose work, and
  2. we can help answer your questions by looking at your code.
 
-**Important:**  Test that your project create and push to the
-  repository is correct by cloning it to a separate, throwaway
-  location. Open this throwaway version and verify that it works the
-  same way as your primary copy. If it doesn't, you probably did not
-  *add* all the files in your project. Do this manually and try again.
-
 
 
 
@@ -175,6 +169,13 @@ Submit by pushing your project to your repository. **Check this**
 by visiting your repository in a web browser at
 `https://gitlab.cs.umd.edu/cmsc436-marsh/students/<dirid>/assign1`
 
+**Alternatively:**  Test that your project create and push to the
+  repository is correct by cloning it to a separate, throwaway
+  location. Open this throwaway version and verify that it works the
+  same way as your primary copy. If it doesn't, you probably did not
+  *add* all the files in your project. Do this manually and try again.
+
+
 Each of the eight tests is worth 1 point. There is no partial
 credit. You will not get credit if you:
 - modify `assign1Tests.swift` in any way