diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 50d5e8eb8..ac9e09c61 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ all:
 install:
 
 test:
-	./runtests.sh
+	./runtests.pl
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf log
diff --git a/tests/README b/tests/README
index 64348004b..429a464bc 100644
--- a/tests/README
+++ b/tests/README
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 The cURL Test Suite
 
 Requires:
-  perl, sh
+  perl (and some shell tools that still hasn't been written in pure perl)
 
 Run:
   'make test'. This invokes the 'runtests.sh' shell script. Edit the top