diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 88a3586..03e5a21 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ uv.lock
 # Python build and test output
 __pycache__/
 /test/test_output/
+
+# Virtualenv (created with create_cdsc_venv on klone)
+/.venv/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b2e90f1..93caf5a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ From the repository root:
 
 Run the suite from the root—some tests open fixture files by paths
 relative to it. The full suite processes several real dumps from
-`test/dumps/` and takes around fifteen minutes; expected outputs live in
+`test/dumps/` and takes a couple of minutes; expected outputs live in
 `test/baseline_output/`.
 
 ## Authors