diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 48507bb..983d719 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ CPPFLAGS=-Wall -g -std=c++0x -pthread
 
 all: auto constexpr ilists init init_new lambda loops thread thread2 tuple
 
-test: all
+run: all
 	./auto
 	./constexpr
 	./ilists
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d9360dc..d3b2d65 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ or to build it all::
 
     make
 
-Also, you can run it all with the test target:
+Also, you can run it all with the *run* target::
 
-    make test
+    make run
 
 if it returns 0, then everything went fine.