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diff --git a/README b/README
index 23b83197..ad9acd77 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ USAGE:
       "TRACEPOINT_DEFINE" and include the tracepoint provider.
     - Use "-I." for the compilation unit containing the tracepoint
       provider include (e.g. tp.c).
-    - Link application with "-ldl -llttng-ust".
+    - Link application with "-ldl".
+    - If building the provider directly into the application,
+      link the application with "-llttng-ust".
+    - If building a static library for the provider, link the static
+      library with "-lllttng-ust".
     - Include the tracepoint provider header into all C files using
       the provider.
     - Example:
@@ -86,15 +90,11 @@ USAGE:
     - Link application with "-ldl".
     - Set a LD_PRELOAD environment to preload the tracepoint provider
       shared object before starting the application when tracing is
-      needed.
+      needed. Another way is to dlopen the tracepoint probe when needed
+      by the application.
     - Example:
       - tests/demo/   demo.c  tp*.c ust_tests_demo*.h demo-trace
 
-  - Note about dlopen() usage: due to locking side-effects due to the
-    way libc lazily resolves Thread-Local Storage (TLS) symbols when a
-    library is dlopen'd, linking the tracepoint probe or liblttng-ust
-    with dlopen() is discouraged. They should be linked with the
-    application using "-llibname" or loaded with LD_PRELOAD.
   - Enable instrumentation and control tracing with the "lttng" command
     from lttng-tools. See lttng-tools doc/quickstart.txt.
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ PACKAGE CONTENTS:
   - tests
     Various test programs
 
-  - liblttng-ust-libc
+  - liblttng-ust-libc-wrapper
     An example library that can be LD_PRELOAD'ed to instrument some
     calls to libc (currently malloc() and free()) in any program without
     need to recompile it.