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diff --git a/benchmarking/README b/benchmarking/README
index b30920e..bd2562f 100644
--- a/benchmarking/README
+++ b/benchmarking/README
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 To set up benchmarking:
 
-1. In the jalview directory run 
+You will need to install Maven: https://maven.apache.org/install.html
+
+1. Run the makedist target of build.xml in Eclipse, or in the jalview directory run 
   ant makedist
 
 This builds a jalview.jar file and puts it into dist/
 
-2. Make a lib directory in benchmarking/ if not already present.
+2. Make a lib directory in benchmarking/ if not already present and cd into this directory.
 
 3. Purge any previous maven dependencies:
    mvn dependency:purge-local-repository -DactTransitively=false -DreResolve=false
@@ -20,4 +22,9 @@ to install the jalview.jar file in the local maven repository. The pom.xml in th
   java -jar target/benchmarks.jar
   
   To get JSON output instead use:
-  java -jar target/benchmarks.jar -rf json
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+  java -jar target/benchmarks.jar -rf json
+  
+  To run a specific benchmark file use:
+  java -jar target/benchmarks.jar <Benchmark class name> 
+  
+  JSON output can be viewed quickly by drag-dropping on http://jmh.morethan.io/
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