diff --git a/examples/README b/examples/README
index 74cf4c316cf67a4381bbf2624d8b26ef0289b129..07a03466eae8006ecb108a86e53c3461af46a5de 100644
--- a/examples/README
+++ b/examples/README
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@
 
 1) install libxml2-dev
 
-2) install the ESM tools and the SMI library (see README in root)
+2) install the ESM tools and the SMI library (see README files in 
+ui and smi directories)
 
-3) ensure the ui bin directory is in your environmnt path
-(e.g. export PATH=$PATH:/home/aslab/lrs_esm/ui/bin)
+3) ensure the ui binary directory is in your environmnt path
+(e.g. export PATH=$PATH:/home/aslab/esm/ui/bin)
 
 4) set env. variable SMI_LIB_DIR to target directory
 (e.g. export SMI_LIB_DIR=/usr/smi_lib)
diff --git a/ui/README b/ui/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..474d4124c666599a106cdea83df1d43a8b6c26d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/README
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+Build:
+1. enter ui directory
+2. "qmake"
+3. "make"
+4. set PATH environment variable to ui/bin
+5. install symbol.ttf font
+
+Run:
+"esmeditor"
+"esmeditor <filename>"
+"make edit" (see makefiles in examples)