diff --git a/Lib/test/leakers/README.txt b/Lib/test/leakers/README.txt
index 801ed95..69ee35a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/leakers/README.txt
+++ b/Lib/test/leakers/README.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 The idea is that you can import these modules while in the interpreter
 and call the leak function repeatedly.  This will only be helpful if
 the interpreter was built in debug mode.  If the total ref count
-doesn't increase, the bug has been fixed.
+doesn't increase, the bug has been fixed and the file should be removed
+from the repository.
 
 Here's an example interpreter session for test_gestalt which still leaks: