diff --git a/README b/README
index 49ea1aa1ed..4517759940 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ $CTSMROOT/README                                          06/08/2018
 
 Community Terrestrial Systems Model (CTSM) science version 5.1  series -- source code, tools, 
 offline-build and test scripts. This gives you everything you need
-to run CTSM with CESM with datm8 to provide CRU NCEP or GSWP3 forcing data in 
+to run CTSM with CESM with the CMEPS driver and CDEPS data models to provide CRU NCEP or GSWP3 forcing data in 
 place of a modeled atmosphere.
 
 For lists of current bugs (issues) and current development see the CTSM GitHub page:
 
-https://github.com/ESCOMP/ctsm
+https://github.com/ESCOMP/CTSM
 
 IMPORTANT NOTE ON CESM CHECKOUT VERSUS A CTSM CHECKOUT:
 
@@ -28,29 +28,25 @@ General directory structure ($CTSMROOT):
 doc --------------- Documentation of CTSM.
 bld --------------- Template, configure and build-namelist scripts for clm.
 src --------------- CTSM Source code.
+lilac ------------- Lightweight Infrastructure for Land-Atmosphere Coupling (for coupling to a host atmosphere model)
 test -------------- CTSM Testing scripts for CTSM offline tools.
 tools ------------- CTSM Offline tools to prepare input datasets and process output.
 cime_config ------- Configuration files of cime for compsets and CTSM settings
 manage_externals -- Script to manage the external source directories
-python ------------ Some python modules mostly for use by run_sys_tests (but could be used elsewhere)
+python ------------ Some python modules mostly for use by run_sys_tests (but could be used elsewhere l
 
 Directory structure only for a CTSM checkout:
 
 components -------- Other active sub-components needed for CTSM to run (river routing and land-ice models)
+libraries --------- CESM libraries: MCT and PIO
+share ------------- CESM shared code
 
 cime/scripts --------------- cesm/cime driver scripts
 
-cime/src/drivers/mct/main ----------- CESM top level driver source code.
-cime/src/drivers/mct/shr ------------ CESM top level driver shared code.
-cime/src/components/data_comps/datm - CESM Data model version 8 source code.
-cime/src/components/stub_comps/sice - CESM stub sea-ice model source code.
-cime/src/components/stub_comps/socn - CESM stub ocean model source code.
-cime/src/components/stub_comps/sglc - CESM stub glacier model source code.
-cime/src/externals ------------------ CESM external utility codes 
-                                      (Model Coupling Toolkit (MCT)
-                                      (Earth System Model Framework)
-                                      (timing -- code timing utility)
-                                      (pio -- Parallel Input/Output)
+components/cmeps -------------------- CESM top level driver (for NUOPC driver) source code.
+components/cdeps -------------------- CESM top level data model shared code (for NUOPC driver).
+components/cpl7 --------------------- CESM top level driver for the MCT driver
+cime/src/externals ------------------ CESM external utility codes  (genf90)
 components/cism --------------------- CESM Community land Ice Sheet Model.
 components/mosart ------------------- Model for Scale Adaptive River Transport
 components/rtm ---------------------- CESM River Transport Model.
@@ -92,7 +88,7 @@ run_sys_tests --------------- Python script to send the standard CTSM testing of
 
 parse_cime.cs.status -------- Script to parse test status files cs.status.* created by create_test
                               (can be used along with run_sys_tests)
-doc/Quickstart.GUIDE -------- Quick guide to using cpl7 scripts.
+doc/Quickstart.GUIDE -------- Quick guide to using NUOPC scripts.
 doc/IMPORTANT_NOTES --------- Some important notes about this version of 
                                                  clm, configuration modes and namelist items 
                                                  that are not validated or functional.
@@ -149,7 +145,7 @@ Source code directory structure:
 
 src/biogeochem ---- Biogeochemisty
 src/main ---------- Main control and high level code
-src/cpl ----------- Land model high level MCT and ESMF drivers
+src/cpl ----------- Land model high level caps for NUOPC driver (and MCT and LILAC)
 src/biogeophys ---- Biogeophysics (Hydrology)
 src/dyn_subgrid --- Dynamic land unit change
 src/init_interp --- Online interpolation
@@ -161,7 +157,7 @@ src/unit_test_shr - Unit test shared modules for unit testing
 src/unit_test_stubs Unit test stubs that replicate CTSM code simpler
 
 =============================================================================================
-    QUICKSTART: using the CPL7 scripts
+    QUICKSTART: using the NUOPC driver scripts
 =============================================================================================
 
          cd $CIMEROOT/scripts
diff --git a/README.CHECKLIST.new_case b/README.CHECKLIST.new_case
index f3538c6fc9..d3b37bc7c3 100644
--- a/README.CHECKLIST.new_case
+++ b/README.CHECKLIST.new_case
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ General Checklist to always do:
  - Make sure the LND_TUNING_MODE is correct 
    (./xmlquery LND_TUNING_MODE)
  - For an "I compset" make sure you are running over the right forcing years 
-   (usually ./xmlquery -p DATM_CLMNCEP_YR)
+   (usually ./xmlquery -p DATM_YR)
  - First and align year for streams should be the start year of a historical simulation 
    (./xmlquery RUN_STARTDATE)
    (grep stream_year_first CaseDocs/lnd_in; grep model_year_align CaseDocs/lnd_in)