changes based on PR feedback

- included information about installing npm
- added link to package.json file for specific versions
- clarifications in various places

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tools/template/README.md b/tools/template/README.md
index 6ed0ffbd7b5..4e2cb348dd7 100644
--- a/tools/template/README.md
+++ b/tools/template/README.md
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 # wtstats template
 
-This subfolder contains the code to generate the `wtstats.html.template` file needed by the Python script `wtstats.py`, which is located in the `./tools` directory. 
+This directory contains the code to generate the `wtstats.html.template` file needed by the Python script `wtstats.py`.
 
 The template is generated as a node.js "single page" application using several open source frameworks, see Dependencies below. The `wtstats.py` Python script parses stats files, transforms the data and inserts it as JSON into the template. The resulting HTML page can be openend in the browser.
 
 ### Build Process
 
-To build the template, follow these steps: 
+To build the template, you need `npm` (node package manager). `npm` is included in the Node.js packages and source, which you can get at [http://nodejs.org/download/](). On Ubuntu, you can also install `npm` via `sudo apt-get install npm`. On AWS Linux, you can install `npm` via `sudo yum install npm --enablerepo=epel`.
 
-1. change into the `./tools/template` directory
+Once you have `npm` installed, follow these steps: 
+
+1. change into the `./tools/template` directory (where this `README.md` is located)
 2. run `npm install` to install all missing dependencies. 
-3. run `npm run build` to build the template, pack everything into a single HTML file and copy it to its parent folder as `./tools/wtstats.html.template`. 
+3. run `npm run build` to build the template. 
+
+The build script packs everything into a single HTML file and copies it to its parent folder as `./tools/wtstats.html.template`. 
 
 ### Usage
 
-Call the `wtstats.py` Python script with a stats file as argument. The `test` subfolder contains a small example stats file to test: 
+Call the `wtstats.py` Python script located in the `./tools` directory with a stats file as argument. The `./tools/test` subfolder contains a small example stats file to test: 
 
 ```
 python wtstats.py ./test/WiredTigerStat.fixture
@@ -33,6 +37,7 @@ For more information about _wtstats_ usage, check out the [wtstats documentation
 - [lodash](https://lodash.com/), object/array transformation, [MIT license][5]
 - [fontawesome](http://fontawesome.io/), icons, [OFL and MIT licenses][6]
 
+For specific versions of these dependencies, see the [package.json](./package.json) file.  
 
 [1]: https://github.com/AmpersandJS/ampersand-view/blob/master/LICENSE.md
 [2]: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/LICENSE