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README.md

@@ -45,12 +45,11 @@ From a release tarball or Git checkout::
 
    pip install .
 
-By default the examples look for a local instance of HSDS.  See the  https://github.com/HDFGroup/hsds
-for instructions on installing and running HSDS.
-
-These tests are also to designed to work with HSDS (see https://github.com/HDFGroup/hsds).  
-Install HSDS locally, or set environment variables (see next section)
-to point to an existing HSDS instance.  
+Run `hsconfigure` to setup the connection info (endpoint, username, and password) to HSDS.  
+If you don't have access to an HSDS instance, you can easily setup your own HSDS instance.
+See  https://github.com/HDFGroup/hsds for instructions on installing and running HSDS
+on locally or in the cloud.
+
 Alternatively, if you can run this repo as a Github Codespace 
 (see "Open in a Github Codespace" link above), and HSDS will be automatically setup as part of the codespace.
 
@@ -106,7 +105,12 @@ Use the ``--help`` option to get usage information for each command.
 
 Testing
 -------
-Setup the following environment variables that inform h5pyd which endpoint and username to use:
+
+By default the test suite will attempt to connect to a local instance of HSDS with the 
+`http://localhost:5101` endpoint.
+
+Use the following environment variables as needed to modify the default configuration
+for the test suite:
 
 * ``HS_ENDPOINT`` - "http://127.0.0.1:5000" for HSDS installed locally or appropriate remote endpoint
 * ``HS_USERNAME`` - "test_user1" or your preferred username