diff --git a/admin/README b/admin/README
index c7dec63875a..0afacee5f2f 100644
--- a/admin/README
+++ b/admin/README
@@ -57,15 +57,15 @@ Tests for custom types and load problems.
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-Brief description of sub-directories:
+* Brief description of sub-directories.
 
 charsets		scripts for generating charset map files
 			in ../etc/charsets
-coccinelle		patches to make coccinelle work with
-			the latest Emacs version.  Since they
-			apply a few minor changes in Emacs internals
-			in multiple places, they are trivial for
-			copyright purposes.
+coccinelle		semantic patches for use with the static code
+			analyzer coccinelle.  Since they apply a few
+			minor changes in Emacs internals in multiple
+			places, they are trivial for copyright
+			purposes.
 grammars		wisent and bovine grammars, used to produce
 			files in lisp/cedet/.
 notes			miscellaneous notes related to administrative