diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2c4cfd3bac2..79f4c6db609 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ You need the following installed and available in your $PATH:
 
 <li>- Scala 2.x or greater (http://www.scala-lang.org/downloads)
 
+You also need to set an environment variable for SCALA_HOME:
+
+<pre>
+export SCALA_HOME={PATH_TO_YOUR_SCALA_DEPLOYMENT}
+</pre>
+
 ### To build the codegen library
 If you don't have the Apache Ivy dependency manager installed, run this build script:
 
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index b88687f74f1..463c937508c 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
     </target>
 
     <!-- generates the classes -->
-    <target name="generate-as3" depends="resolve, compile" description="generates APIs and model classes for java language">
+    <target name="generate-as3" depends="resolve, compile" description="generates APIs and model classes for Actionscript 3">
         <fail unless="apiConfiguration.set">
             Must specify the parameter for apiConfiguration
             eg. -DapiConfiguration=../api-server-lib/as3/config/apiConfiguration.json