diff --git a/contrib/seeds/README.md b/contrib/seeds/README.md
index 1f2279ede..7857ceb06 100644
--- a/contrib/seeds/README.md
+++ b/contrib/seeds/README.md
@@ -1,21 +1,25 @@
 # Seeds
 
 Utility to generate the seeds.txt list that is compiled into the client
 (see [src/chainparamsseeds.h](/src/chainparamsseeds.h) and other utilities in [contrib/seeds](/contrib/seeds)).
 
 Be sure to update `PATTERN_AGENT` in `makeseeds.py` to include the current version,
 and remove old versions as necessary (at a minimum when GetDesireableServiceFlags
 changes its default return value, as those are the services which seeds are added
 to addrman with).
 
-The seeds compiled into the release are created from sipa's DNS seed data, like this:
+The seeds compiled into the release are created from the `dnsseed.dump` output file of a
+[Bitcoin ABC Seeder](/src/seeder) that has been running for at least 30 days. The scripts
+below assume that the `dnsseed.dump` file from the mainnet seeder has been copied to
+`seeds_main.txt` and the `dnsseed.dump` file from the testnet seeder has been copied to
+`seeds_test.txt`.
 
-    curl -s http://bitcoin.sipa.be/seeds.txt > seeds_main.txt
     python3 makeseeds.py < seeds_main.txt > nodes_main.txt
+    python3 makeseeds.py < seeds_test.txt > nodes_test.txt
     python3 generate-seeds.py . > ../../src/chainparamsseeds.h
 
 ## Dependencies
 
 Ubuntu:
 
     sudo apt-get install python3-dnspython
diff --git a/src/seeder/README.md b/src/seeder/README.md
index abdf8f5c8..bc91bed15 100644
--- a/src/seeder/README.md
+++ b/src/seeder/README.md
@@ -1,53 +1,63 @@
 bitcoin-seeder
 ==============
 
 Bitcoin-seeder is a crawler for the Bitcoin Cash network, which exposes a list
 of reliable nodes via a built-in DNS server. It is derived from Pieter Wuille's
 bitcoin-seeder, modified for use on the Bitcoin Cash network.
 
 Features:
 * regularly revisits known nodes to check their availability
 * bans nodes after enough failures, or bad behaviour
 * uses the Cash Magic when establishing connections.
 * keeps statistics over (exponential) windows of 2 hours, 8 hours,
   1 day and 1 week, to base decisions on.
 * very low memory (a few tens of megabytes) and cpu requirements.
 * crawlers run in parallel (by default 24 threads simultaneously).
 
 REQUIREMENTS
 ------------
 
 $ sudo apt-get install build-essential libboost-all-dev libssl-dev
 
 USAGE
 -----
 
 Assuming you want to run a dns seed on dnsseed.example.com, you will
 need an authorative NS record in example.com's domain record, pointing
 to for example vps.example.com:
 
 $ dig -t NS dnsseed.example.com
 
 ;; ANSWER SECTION
 dnsseed.example.com.   86400    IN      NS     vps.example.com.
 
 On the system vps.example.com, you can now run dnsseed:
 
 ./bitcoin-seeder -h dnsseed.example.com -n vps.example.com
 
 If you want the DNS server to report SOA records, please provide an
 e-mail address (with the @ part replaced by .) using -m.
 
 
 RUNNING AS NON-ROOT
 -------------------
 
 Typically, you'll need root privileges to listen to port 53 (name service).
 
 One solution is using an iptables rule (Linux only) to redirect it to
 a non-privileged port:
 
 $ iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p udp --dport 53 -j REDIRECT --to-port 5353
 
 If properly configured, this will allow you to run dnsseed in userspace, using
 the -p 5353 option.
+
+Generate Seed Lists
+-------------------
+
+Bitcoin-seeder is also be used to generate the seed lists that are compiled
+into every Bitcoin ABC release. It produces the `dnsseed.dump` files that are
+used as inputs to the scripts in [contrib/seeds](/contrib/seeds) to generate
+the seed lists. To generate seed lists, the seeder should be run continuously
+for 30 days or more.
+