README: minor wording tweak.

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@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ And tell Emacs to use it automatically when editing *.cfg files,
     (append (list '("\\.cfg$" . nagios-mode))
       auto-mode-alist))
 
-which works great so long as you don't work with any other *.cfg files
-that have a different syntax.
+which works great so long as you don't edit any other *.cfg files that
+have a different syntax.
 
 
 == How it works ==
@@ -37,13 +37,15 @@ that have a different syntax.
 The macros and object definitions are parsed from the Nagios source
 code. Object definitions are found within xdata/xodtemplate.h, while
 the macros are cleverly hidden within include/macros.h. Once they have
-been parsed, they are cuth and pasteth in to nagios-mode.
+been parsed, they are cut and pasted in to nagios-mode.el.
 
-The directives (or variables) are another story. There is no obvious
-way to parse the object variables from the source code. So, it's done
-the old-fashioned way: I use nagios-mode until I notice that one of my
-variables isn't highlighted. Then I add it. You can mail me these and
-I will probably add them.
+The directives are a bit tricker. They too are parsed from the Nagios
+source (xdata/xodtemplate.c), but not all of the names map nicely to
+internal C variables, so there's no explicit list of them. Instead we
+try to piece together the valid names based on what Nagios's config
+parser is looking for. It's possible that some have been overlooked.
+
+The helper scripts for this can be found in the "utils" directory.
 
 
 == Bugs et cetera ==