diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 1ff1004a6a5a2fc143053646738cefc60137d619..bcb6acc5560a03e6b42c94c06fd517e9effff58d 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -177,23 +177,25 @@ Requirements for particular toolchains and package sets
 - ``foss*-mpi`` currently needs linux header files installed (to compile the ``knem`` package)
 - ``foss*-cuda-mpi`` (proably as `*-mpi, needs testing TODO`)
 
-Finding the Octopus configure script
+Finding the Octopus configure wrapper
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-For each Octopus toolchain, there is a Octopus configure script available. Once the
+For each Octopus toolchain, there is a Octopus configure wrapper available.
+The wrapper essentially calls the configure script with the right parameters,
+and library locations for the current toolchain. Once the
 toolchain is loaded, the variable ``$MPSD_OCTOPUS_CONFIGURE`` contains that
-path. The path can also be seen using the ``module show TOOLCHAINNAME`` command. For example::
+path. The path can also be seen using the ``module show TOOLCHAIN_NAME`` command. For example::
 
   $ mpsd-software install dev-23a foss2022a-mpi
-  $ module use /home/fangohr/mpsd-software-manager/dev-23a/cascadelake/lmod/Core
+  $ module use ~/mpsd-software-manager/dev-23a/cascadelake/lmod/Core
   $ module show toolchains/foss2022a-mpi
   ...
   depends_on("cgal/5.0.3")
   depends_on("hdf5/1.12.2")
-  setenv("MPSD_OCTOPUS_CONFIGURE","/home/fangohr/mpsd-software/dev-23a/spack-environments/octopus/foss2022a-mpi-config.sh")
+  setenv("MPSD_OCTOPUS_CONFIGURE","~/mpsd-software/dev-23a/spack-environments/octopus/foss2022a-mpi-config.sh")
   $ module load toolchains/foss2022a-mpi
   $ echo $MPSD_OCTOPUS_CONFIGURE
-  /home/fangohr/mpsd-software/dev-23a/spack-environments/octopus/foss2022a-mpi-config.sh
+  ~/mpsd-software/dev-23a/spack-environments/octopus/foss2022a-mpi-config.sh
 
 
 Working example