diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9a0a4b6f..0151c326 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ To be able to build and run the Java Spring Boot application, you need the follo
 - Docker 20.x (on MacOS you also need *Docker Desktop* or similar)
 - PostgreSQL Server 13.7-bullseye 
   (see instructions below to install and run in Docker)
-- Java JDK at least recent enough to run Gradle Wrapper (gradlew)
+- Java JDK at least recent enough to run Gradle
   (JDK 17.x will be automatically installed by Gradle toolchain support)
+- Gradle in some not too outdated version (7.4 will be installed via wrapper)
 
 You also might need an IDE (e.g. *IntelliJ IDEA* or *Eclipse* or *VS Code* with *[STS](https://spring.io/tools)* and a GUI Frontend for *PostgreSQL* like *Postbird*.
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ If you have at least Docker, the Java JDK and Gradle installed in appropriate ve
 
     cd your-hsadmin-ng-directory
     
-    ./gradlew  # downloads the configured Gradle version into the project
+    gradle wrapper  # downloads the configured Gradle version into the project
     source .aliases # creates some comforable bash aliases, e.g. 'gw'='./gradlew'
 
     gw test         # compiles and runs unit- and integration-tests
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ If you have at least Docker, the Java JDK and Gradle installed in appropriate ve
     # if the container has not been built yet, run this:
     pg-sql-run      # downloads + runs PostgreSQL in a Docker container on localhost:5432
     # if the container has been built already, run this:
-    docker start hsadmin-ng-postgres
+    pg-sql-start
 
     gw bootRun      # compiles and runs the application on localhost:8080