diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 0475975..d903702 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ the 7.x-1.x version of this module!
 
 ## REQUIREMENTS ##
 
-- PHP 5.4 or greater
+- PHP 5.5 or greater
 - Availability of a memcached daemon: http://memcached.org/
 - One of the two PECL memcache packages:
   - http://pecl.php.net/package/memcache (recommended)
   - http://pecl.php.net/package/memcached
 
 For more detailed instructions on installing a memcached daemon or either of the
-memcache pecl extensions, please see the documentation online at
+memcache PECL extensions, please see the documentation online at
 https://www.drupal.org/node/1131458 which includes links to external
 walk-throughs for various operating systems.
 
@@ -23,50 +23,49 @@ walk-throughs for various operating systems.
 These are the steps you need to take in order to use this software. Order
 is important.
 
- 1. Put your site into offline mode.
+ 1. Make sure you have one of the PECL memcache packages installed.
  2. Enable the memcache module.
     You need to enable the module in Drupal before you can configure it to run
     as the default backend. This is so Drupal knows where to find everything.
  2. Edit settings.php to configure the servers, clusters and bins that memcache
     is supposed to use. You do not need to set this if the only memcache backend
     is localhost on port 11211. By default the main settings will be:
-      $settings['memcache']['servers'] = array('127.0.0.1:11211' => 'default');
-      $settings['memcache']['bins'] = array('default' => 'default');
+      $settings['memcache']['servers'] = ['127.0.0.1:11211' => 'default'];
+      $settings['memcache']['bins'] = ['default' => 'default'];
       $settings['memcache']['key_prefix'] => '';
  7. Edit settings.php to make memcache the default cache class, for example:
       $settings['cache']['default'] = 'cache.backend.memcache';
- 9. Bring your site back online.
 
 ## ADVANCED CCONFIGURATION ##
 
 ### Multiple memcache backends ###
 
-  $settings['memcache']['servers'] = array(
+  $settings['memcache']['servers'] = [
     '127.0.0.1:11211' => 'default', // Default host and port
     '127.0.0.1:11212' => 'default', // Default host with port 11212
     '127.0.0.2:11211' => 'default', // Default port, different IP
     'server1.com:11211' => 'default', // Default port with hostname
     'unix:///path/to/socket' => 'default', 'Unix socket'
-  );
+  ];
 
 ### Multiple servers, bins and clusters ###
 
-  $settings['memcache'] = array(
-    'servers' = array(
+  $settings['memcache'] = [
+    'servers' = [
       'server1:port' => 'default',
       'server2:port' => 'default',
       'server3:port' => 'cluster1',
       'serverN:port' => 'clusterN',
       'unix:///path/to/socket' => 'clusterS',
-    ),
-    'bins' => array(
+    ],
+    'bins' => [
       'default' => 'default',
       'bin1' => 'cluster1',
       'binN' => 'clusterN',
       'binX' => 'cluster1',
       'binS' => 'clusterS',
-    ),
-  );
+    ],
+  ];
 
 The bin/cluster/server model can be described as follows:
 
@@ -150,9 +149,9 @@ If using PECL memcached:
 Memcached options can be controlled in settings.php. Consistent distribution is
 the default in this case but could be set using:
 
-  $setting['memcache']['options'] = array(
+  $setting['memcache']['options'] = [
     Memcached::OPT_DISTRIBUTION => Memcached::DISTRIBUTION_CONSISTENT,
-  );
+  ];
 
 ## LOCKS ##
 
@@ -195,10 +194,10 @@ An example configuration block is below, this block also illustrates our
 default options (selected through performance testing). These options will be
 set unless overridden in settings.php.
 
-  $settings['memcache']['options'] = array(
+  $settings['memcache']['options'] = [
     Memcached::OPT_COMPRESSION => FALSE,
     Memcached::OPT_DISTRIBUTION => Memcached::DISTRIBUTION_CONSISTENT,
-  );
+  ];
 
 These are as follows: