diff --git a/tools/chunks/README.md b/tools/chunks/README.md
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--- a/tools/chunks/README.md
+++ b/tools/chunks/README.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 **ndncatchunks** and **ndnputchunks** are a pair of programs to transfer a file as Data segments.
 
 * **ndnputchunks** is a producer program that reads a file from the standard input, and makes
-  it available as NDN Data segments.  It appends version and segment number components
-  to the specified name, according to the
-  [NDN naming conventions](http://named-data.net/publications/techreports/ndn-tr-22-ndn-memo-naming-conventions/).
+  it available as a set of NDN Data segments. It appends version and segment number components
+  to the specified name as needed, according to the
+  [NDN naming conventions](https://named-data.net/publications/techreports/ndn-tr-22-2-ndn-memo-naming-conventions/).
 
 * **ndncatchunks** is a consumer program that fetches Data segments of a file, optionally
   discovering the latest version of the file, and writes the content of the retrieved file to
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 If a version component is present at the end of the user-specified NDN name, the provided version
 number will be used, without any version discovery process. Otherwise, discovery Interest(s) will
 be sent out to fetch metadata of the solicited content from which the Data version will be resolved.
-For more information about the packet format and naming convention of Interest and Data packets of
-version discovery in ndncatchunks, please refer to:
+For more information about the packet format and naming conventions of Interest and Data packets
+used for version discovery in ndncatchunks, please refer to:
 [Realtime Data Retrieval (RDR) protocol wiki page](https://redmine.named-data.net/projects/ndn-tlv/wiki/RDR)
 
 ## Interest pipeline types in ndncatchunks
@@ -50,17 +50,16 @@
 
     ndnputchunks -p /localhost/demo/gpl3 < /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3
 
-This command will print the published version to the standard output.
+This command will print the published version to standard output.
 
-To publish Data with a specific version, you must append a version component to the end of the
-prefix. The version component must follow the aforementioned NDN naming conventions.
-For example, the following command will publish the version `%FD%00%00%01Qc%CF%17v` of the
-`/localhost/demo/gpl3` prefix:
+To publish Data with a specific version, you need to append a version component to the end of the
+prefix. The version component must follow the aforementioned NDN naming conventions. For example,
+the following command will publish the version 1449078495094 of the `/localhost/demo/gpl3` prefix:
 
-    ndnputchunks /localhost/demo/gpl3/%FD%00%00%01Qc%CF%17v < /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3
+    ndnputchunks -Nt /localhost/demo/gpl3/v=1449078495094 < /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3
 
-If the version component is not valid, a new well-formed version will be generated and appended
-to the supplied NDN name.
+If the specified version component is not valid, ndnputchunks will exit with an error. If no version
+component is specified, one will be generated and appended to the name.
 
 ### Retrieval
 
@@ -69,9 +68,9 @@
     ndncatchunks /localhost/demo/gpl3
 
 To fetch a specific version of a published file, you can specify the version number at the end of
-the name. For example, if the version is known to be `%FD%00%00%01Qc%CF%17v`, the following command
+the name. For example, if the version is known to be 1449078495094, the following command
 will fetch that exact version of the file (without version discovery):
 
-    ndncatchunks /localhost/demo/gpl3/%FD%00%00%01Qc%CF%17v
+    ndncatchunks -Nt /localhost/demo/gpl3/v=1449078495094
 
 For more information, run the programs with `--help` as argument.