diff --git a/README b/README
index 3d680ea7d..ceaaa606b 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -12,3 +12,46 @@ See the file COPYING for more details.
 Documentation
 -------------
 The project's documentation is at https://kanjivg.tagaini.net/.
+
+Releases
+--------
+
+The files in the release are as follows:
+
+* kanjivg-YYYYMMDD-main.zip
+
+This zip file contains all of the non-variant SVG files in the same
+format as they were in the repository at the time the release was
+made. This is the file which is recommended for most users who simply
+want a set of SVG graphics they can use immediately.
+
+* kanjivg-YYYYMMDD-all.zip
+
+This zip file contains all of the SVG files, including the variant
+forms, in the same format as they were in the repository at the time
+the release was made.
+
+* kanjivg-YYYYMMDD.xml.gz
+
+The file kanjivg-YYYYMMDD.xml.gz contains all of the non-variant SVG
+files in one large XML structure. This is the format in which KanjiVG
+was first released. However, although this format will not be removed,
+it should now be considered obsolete, and is only provided for users
+who want to keep using "legacy" software written with the old
+format. This file is generated by `kvg.py`.
+
+* Source code files
+
+These are the entire repository's source code files. These are
+generated by github.
+
+Utilities
+---------
+
+The main utility is `kvg.py`. Releases are generated using the
+`updatepublic.sh` shell script. There is some Python library code in
+`kanjivg.py` for manipulating the files. The file `make-index.pl` is
+for making an index of the kanji files called `kvg-index.json` which
+is used by the viewer at the kanjivg website. Unfortunately this needs
+to be part of this repository in order that the Javascript viewer can
+work properly.
diff --git a/kvg.py b/kvg.py
index 960d267ae..bf452bfc2 100755
--- a/kvg.py
+++ b/kvg.py
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ def release():
 	allfiles = os.listdir(datadir)
 	files = []
 	for f in allfiles:
+                # This rejects the variant files by only choosing
+                # files with length of 9, for 0abcd.svg style files.
 		if len(f) == 9: files.append(f)
 	del allfiles
 	files.sort()
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ def release():
 	out.write('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n')
 	out.write("<!--\n")
 	out.write(licenseString)
-	out.write("\nThis file has been generated on %s, using the latest KanjiVG data\nto this date." % (datetime.date.today()))
+	out.write("\nThis file was generated on %s from the most recent KanjiVG data." % (datetime.date.today()))
 	out.write("\n-->\n")
 	out.write("<kanjivg xmlns:kvg='http://kanjivg.tagaini.net'>\n")
 	for f in files:
diff --git a/updatepublic.sh b/updatepublic.sh
index 849b6e84d..b75f673fa 100755
--- a/updatepublic.sh
+++ b/updatepublic.sh
@@ -7,5 +7,3 @@ zip -r $outFileAll kanji/*.svg
 zip -r $outFileMain kanji/?????.svg
 ./kvg.py release
 gzip -c kanjivg.xml >$outFileOne
-#scp $outFileOne $outFileAll gnurou@gnurou.org:/srv/http/kanjivg/upload/Main/
-#ssh gnurou@gnurou.org "ln -sf $outFileOne /srv/http/kanjivg/upload/Main/kanjivg-latest.xml.gz"