diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 180fafaabea12ae8e587685b500d6275496c944e..4fb8e2bfa08604f03f04692d2894d418a90287c5 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ To install, for example, the ``foss2022a-serial`` toolchain:
 
       $ mpsd-software init
 
-    Future calls of the `mpsd-software` command need to be executed from this
-    "mpsd-software-root" directory or in one of its subdirectories.
+   Future calls of the `mpsd-software` command need to be executed from this
+   "mpsd-software-root" directory or in one of its subdirectories.
 
-    (The above command creates a hidden file ``.mpsd-software-root`` to tag the location for
-    as the root of the installation. All compiled files, logs etc are written in
-    or below this subdirectory.)
+   (The above command creates a hidden file ``.mpsd-software-root`` to tag the location for
+   as the root of the installation. All compiled files, logs etc are written in
+   or below this subdirectory.)
 
 
 4. From the same directory, run the command to install the ``foss2022a-serial``
@@ -53,8 +53,15 @@ To install, for example, the ``foss2022a-serial`` toolchain:
 
    This will take some time (up to several hours depending on hardware).
 
-5. To see the installation status, and the required ``module use`` command line
-   to activate the created modules, try the ``status`` command::
+5. To see installed releases, use the ``status`` command::
+
+     $ mpsd-software status
+
+     Installed MPSD software releases:
+         dev-23a
+
+6. To see the installation status, and the required ``module use`` command line
+   to activate the created modules, try the ``status`` command and specify one release::
 
      $ mpsd-software status dev-23a
 
@@ -64,7 +71,22 @@ To install, for example, the ``foss2022a-serial`` toolchain:
          foss2022a-serial
          [module use /home/user/mpsd-software/dev-23a/cascadelake/lmod/Core]
 
-6. To compile Octopus, source the provided configure script, for example ``foss2022a-serial-config.sh``, as
+7. The ``status`` command can also be used to get a list of all packages in a toolchain and details of how they were compiled (running this may take a few seconds)::
+
+    $ mpsd-software status dev-23a foss2022a-serial
+
+    listing packages installed for package_set='foss2022a-serial', microarch='cascadelake'
+    autoconf@2.71%gcc@11.3.0 build_system=autotools arch=linux-debian11-cascadelake
+    autoconf-archive@2022.02.11%gcc@11.3.0 build_system=autotools patches=139214f arch=linux-debian11-cascadelake
+    automake@1.16.5%gcc@11.3.0 build_system=autotools arch=linux-debian11-cascadelake
+    bdftopcf@1.0.5%gcc@11.3.0 build_system=autotools arch=linux-debian11-cascadelake
+    berkeley-db@18.1.40%gcc@11.3.0+cxx~docs+stl build_system=autotools patches=26090f4,b231fcc arch=linux-debian11-cascadelake
+    berkeleygw@2.1%gcc@11.3.0~debug~elpa+hdf5~mpi+openmp~python~scalapack~verbose build_system=makefile arch=linux-debian11-cascadelake
+    binutils@2.38%gcc@11.3.0~gas~gold+headers~interwork+ld~libiberty~lto+nls+plugins build_system=autotools libs=shared,static arch=linux-debian11-cascadelake
+    boost@1.80.0%gcc@11.3.0~atomic~chrono~clanglibcpp+container~context~contract~coroutine~date_time~debug+exception~fiber~filesystem~graph~graph_parallel~icu~iostreams~json~locale~log+math~mpi+multithreaded~nowide~numpy~pic~program_options~python+random~regex~serialization+shared~signals~singlethreaded~stacktrace+system~taggedlayout~test+thread~timer~type_erasure~versionedlayout~wave build_system=generic cxxstd=98 patches=a440f96 visibility=hidden arch=linux-debian11-cascadelake
+    ... <truncated in the README>
+
+8. To compile Octopus, source the provided configure script, for example ``foss2022a-serial-config.sh``, as
    `explained here <https://computational-science.mpsd.mpg.de/docs/mpsd-hpc.html#loading-a-toolchain-to-compile-octopus>`__).
    The configure scripts are located in ``dev-23a/spack-environments/octopus``::
 
diff --git a/src/mpsd_software_manager/mpsd_software.py b/src/mpsd_software_manager/mpsd_software.py
index e84e5ca465cadbc0c2b1f6024a6116fea6dced5d..5698cde996371d9ec628eb8184d7e21b59453ffa 100755
--- a/src/mpsd_software_manager/mpsd_software.py
+++ b/src/mpsd_software_manager/mpsd_software.py
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ def list_installed_releases(root_dir: Path, print_output: bool = False) -> List[
         x for x in list_of_files if (root_dir / x / "spack-environments").exists()
     ]
     if print_output:
-        plog.info("Available MPSD software releases:")
+        plog.info("Installed MPSD software releases:")
         for release in installed_releases:
             plog.info(f"    {release}")
     return installed_releases