diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f8685d..30a628a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -179,29 +179,27 @@ Happy hacking!
     [vimtex](https://github.com/lervag/vimtex) can be configured to use nvr to
     jump to a certain file and line: [read](https://github.com/lervag/vimtex/blob/80b96c13fe9edc5261e9be104fe15cf3bdc3173d/doc/vimtex.txt#L1702-L1708).
 
-- **Use nvr as temporary editor.**
+- **Use nvr as git editor.**
 
-    Imagine Neovim is set as your default editor: `VISUAL=nvim`.
+    Imagine Neovim is set as your default editor via `$VISUAL` or `$EDITOR`.
 
-    Now run `git commit`. In a regular shell, a new nvim process starts. That's
-    exactly what you want.
-
-    But in a terminal buffer (`:terminal`), a new nvim process starts as well. Now
-    you have one nvim nested within another. You don't want that. Put this in your
-    vimrc:
+    Running `git commit` in a regular shell starts a nvim process. But in a
+    terminal buffer (`:terminal`), a new nvim process starts as well. Now you
+    have one nvim nested within another.
+    
+    If you do not want this, put this in your vimrc:
 
     ```vim
     if has('nvim')
-      let $VISUAL = 'nvr -cc split --remote-wait'
+      let $GIT_EDITOR = 'nvr -cc split --remote-wait'
     endif
     ```
 
     That way, you get a new window for entering the commit message instead of a
-    nested nvim process.
+    nested nvim process. But git still waits for nvr to finish, so make sure to
+    delete the buffer after entering and saving the commit message: `:w | bd`.
 
-    Alternatively, you can make git always using nvr. In a regular shell, nvr
-    will create a new nvim process. In a terminal buffer, nvr will open a new
-    buffer (use `:w | bd` to commit).
+    To use nvr from a regular shell as well:
 
         $ git config --global core.editor 'nvr --remote-wait-silent'