diff --git a/skel_common/backup/readme.txt b/skel_common/backup/readme.txt
index 6f9ceeb..db2a5ad 100644
--- a/skel_common/backup/readme.txt
+++ b/skel_common/backup/readme.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-When you patch FTL, backups of the game resources will be created here if they don't already exist. Thereafter, the backups will be used as the definitive 'vanilla' dats, which will be unpacked to a temp folder, patched, and used to replace the game's resources.
+When you patch FTL, backups of the game resources will be created here if they don't already exist. Thereafter, the backups will be used as the definitive 'vanilla' dats.
+
+During patching, the backups will clobber the game's existing dats, then any selected mods will be added into the game's dats.
 
 If you upgrade FTL, delete the *.bak files in this folder so Slipstream will make fresh backups from the current version.
diff --git a/skel_common/mods/readme.txt b/skel_common/mods/readme.txt
index 8e9d117..ce887dd 100644
--- a/skel_common/mods/readme.txt
+++ b/skel_common/mods/readme.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Drop any .ftl files here and restart Slipstream in order to be able to patch them in.
 
-Mods are loaded in the order described by modorder.txt, if it exists here.
+The last-used order is remembered with modorder.txt, if it exists here.
 
 Beginning Scrap Advantage is a simple example mod. All it does is give you some extra scrap when you first start a game. Rename .ftl to .zip and extract it in order to study it further.