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 This directory contains a series of test scripts which are used to
 verify basic functionality of the LDAP libraries, slapd, and slurpd.
-To run the tests, type "make" in the ./tests directory.
+
+	To run all of the tests, type "make test".
+	To run LDBM tests, type "make ldbm".
+	To run BDB2 tests, type "make bdb2".
 
 To modify the debug level the tests run slapd with, set the SLAPD_DEBUG
 environment variable.