diff --git a/1996/huffman/try.sh b/1996/huffman/try.sh
index 4af978da4..2a3a42628 100755
--- a/1996/huffman/try.sh
+++ b/1996/huffman/try.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,37 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - show IOCCC winner 1996/huffman
+#
+#   ...
+#
+#   So, that's to end the story for you and me
+#   If you still give a listen, you just may
+#   Hear a big wolf-man or little piggy say
+#   Little pig, little pig, let me in
+#   Not by the hair of my chinny, chin, chin
+#   Little pig, little pig, let me in
+#   Not by the hair of my chinny, chin, chin
+#   Well, I'm huffin', I'm puffin', I'll blow your house in
+#   Huffin', puffin', blow your house in
+#   Huffin', puffin', blow your house in
+#   Huffin' and a puffin' and I'll blow your house in!
+#   And the moral of the story is
+#   band with no talent can easily amuse
+#   Idiots with a stupid, puppet show
+#
+# :-)
 
-make all >/dev/null || exit 1
+# make sure CC is set so that when we do make CC="$CC" it isn't empty. Doing it
+# this way allows us to have the user specify a different compiler in an easy
+# way.
+if [[ -z "$CC" ]]; then
+    CC="cc"
+fi
 
+make CC="$CC" all >/dev/null || exit 1
+
+# clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
+clear
 
 echo "$ echo 'seeing or feeling is believing' | ./huffman" 1>&2
 echo 'seeing or feeling is believing' | ./huffman 2>/dev/null
diff --git a/2000/schneiderwent/README.md b/2000/schneiderwent/README.md
index d136f665a..b66c592ee 100644
--- a/2000/schneiderwent/README.md
+++ b/2000/schneiderwent/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ make
 ## To use:
 
 ```sh
-./schneiderwent datafile
+./schneiderwent
 ```
 
 
@@ -57,20 +57,21 @@ deficiency.
 
 Obfuscation in this entry consists of:
 
-* `printf()`ing console messages stored as EBCDIC character values - this is not
+* `printf(3)`ing console messages stored as
+[EBCDIC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBCDIC) character values - this is not
 an attempt at encryption, but rather at cross platform compatibility.
-* ASCII character values are calculated from the EBCDIC in a particularly ugly
-abuse of the '?' operator.
+* [ASCII](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII) character values are calculated
+from the EBCDIC in a particularly ugly abuse of the `?:` operator.
 * Detection of whether to print the ASCII or EBCDIC values is done by taking the
 remainder of dividing the character `'J'` by `2` - the ASCII value of the
 character is even, the EBCDIC value is odd.
-* The messages to be `printf`ed are determined via multiple table lookups and
+* The messages to be `printf(3)`ed are determined via multiple table lookups and
 bit-masked values.
 * For minutes, the bit position turned on is multiplied by two to determine the
-message to be `printf`ed.
+message to be `printf(3)`ed.
 * For hours, the straight bit position is used.
 * This entry mostly eschews function calls for the often overlooked
-setjmp/longjmp combination.
+`setjmp(3)`/`longjmp(3)` combination.
 * The trigraphs are not there as obfuscation nor are they there to annoy the
 judges - it's just the easiest way to get around the absence of square brackets
 in a normal 3270 environment.