diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 99292c1..87f5d0a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ Example terminal commands:
 $ npm install --save-dev w3c-html-validator
 $ npx html-validator docs
 ```
+The above `npx` line validates all the HTML files in the **docs** folder.
+
 You can also install **w3c-html-validator** globally (`--global`) and then run it anywhere directly from the terminal.
 
 ### 3. CLI flags
@@ -62,17 +64,17 @@ Examples:
    - `html-validator`<br>
    Validate all HTML files in the project.
 
-   - `html-validator --exclude=build,tmp`<br>
-   Slip all files which have "build" or "tmp" anywhere in their pathname or filename.
+   - `html-validator docs --exclude=build,tmp`<br>
+   Validate all HTML files in the **docs** folder except files which have "build" or "tmp" anywhere in their pathname or filename.
 
-   - `html-validator docs/*.html '--ignore=Trailing slash on void elements'`<br>
+   - `html-validator docs '--ignore=Trailing slash on void elements'`<br>
    Allow the ugly slashes of self-closing tags despite XHTML being a hideous scourge on the web.
 
-   - `html-validator docs/*.html '--ignore=/^Duplicate ID/'`<br>
+   - `html-validator docs '--ignore=/^Duplicate ID/'`<br>
    Use a RegEx (regular expression) to skip all validation messages that start with "Duplicate ID".
 
-  - `html-validator docs '--ignore=/^Duplicate ID|^Section lacks|^Element .blockquote. not allowed/'`<br>
-   Use a RegEx with "or" operations to skip multiple validation messages.
+   - `html-validator docs '--ignore=/^Duplicate ID|^Section lacks|^Element .blockquote. not allowed/'`<br>
+   Use a RegEx with "or" operators (`|`) to skip multiple validation messages.
 
    - `html-validator --quiet`<br>
    Suppress "pass" status messages.
@@ -158,7 +160,7 @@ describe('Home page', () => {
    it('validates', (done) => {
       const handleResults = (results) => {
          assert(results.status === 200, 'Request succeeded');
-         assert(results.validates, 'Home page validates');
+         assert(results.validates,      'Home page validates');
          done();
          };
       const options = { filename: 'docs/index.html' };
@@ -171,7 +173,7 @@ describe('Home page', () => {
 <br>
 
 ---
-**CLI Build Tools**
+**CLI Build Tools for package.json**
    - 🎋 [add-dist-header](https://github.com/center-key/add-dist-header):&nbsp; _Prepend a one-line banner comment (with license notice) to distribution files_
    - 📄 [copy-file-util](https://github.com/center-key/copy-file-util):&nbsp; _Copy or rename a file with optional package version number_
    - 📂 [copy-folder-util](https://github.com/center-key/copy-folder-util):&nbsp; _Recursively copy files from one folder to another folder_
diff --git a/bin/cli.js b/bin/cli.js
index 8fbf16a..a9a0fb6 100755
--- a/bin/cli.js
+++ b/bin/cli.js
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ const reporterOptions = {
    quiet:          cli.flagOn.quiet,
    maxMessageLen:  trim,
    };
-const slashed =      /^\/.*\/$/;  //starts and ends with a slash indicating it's a regex
-const skip =         slashed.test(ignore) ? new RegExp(ignore.slice(1, -1)) : ignore;
+const isRegex =      /^\/.*\/$/;  //starts and ends with a slash indicating it's a regex
+const skip =         isRegex.test(ignore) ? new RegExp(ignore.slice(1, -1)) : ignore;
 const handleReport = (report) => w3cHtmlValidator.reporter(report, reporterOptions);
-const options =      (file) => ({ filename: file, ignoreMessages: skip });
-const getReport =    (file) => w3cHtmlValidator.validate(options(file)).then(handleReport);
+const options =      (filename) => ({ filename: filename, ignoreMessages: skip });
+const getReport =    (filename) => w3cHtmlValidator.validate(options(filename)).then(handleReport);
 filenames.forEach((filename, i) => globalThis.setTimeout(() => getReport(filename), i * delay));
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 89bb6f4..0421d20 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -88,15 +88,15 @@
    "devDependencies": {
       "@types/fancy-log": "~2.0",
       "@types/glob": "~8.1",
-      "@types/node": "~20.5",
+      "@types/node": "~20.6",
       "@types/superagent": "~4.1",
-      "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "~6.6",
-      "@typescript-eslint/parser": "~6.6",
+      "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "~6.7",
+      "@typescript-eslint/parser": "~6.7",
       "add-dist-header": "~1.3",
       "assert-deep-strict-equal": "~1.1",
       "copy-file-util": "~1.1",
       "copy-folder-util": "~1.1",
-      "eslint": "~8.48",
+      "eslint": "~8.49",
       "jshint": "~2.13",
       "merge-stream": "~2.0",
       "mocha": "~10.2",