diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8facfca39e..1ea66560b0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,8 +36,17 @@ pip3 install --user .
 ```
 
 ## Using it
-After [installing it](#installing-it), you'll need to edit your Django `settings.py` file
-and particularly the `DATABASES` section to point to an EXISTING database, of the format:
+After [installing it](#installing-it), you'll need to edit your Django `settings.py` file:
+
+* Add `django_spanner` as the very first entry in the `INSTALLED_APPS` setting
+```python
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'django_spanner',
+    ...
+]
+```
+
+* Edit the `DATABASES` setting to point to an EXISTING database
 
 ### Format
 
@@ -66,7 +75,7 @@ DATABASES = {
         'ENGINE': 'django_spanner',
         'PROJECT': 'appdev-soda-spanner-staging', # Or the GCP project-id
         'INSTANCE': 'django-dev1', # Or the Cloud Spanner instance
-        'DATABASE': 'db1', # Or the Cloud Spanner database to use
+        'NAME': 'db1', # Or the Cloud Spanner database to use
     }
 }
 ```
diff --git a/django_spanner/base.py b/django_spanner/base.py
index 1dbdde98c5..70f5b1ba39 100644
--- a/django_spanner/base.py
+++ b/django_spanner/base.py
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@ class DatabaseWrapper(BaseDatabaseWrapper):
         'TimeField': 'TIMESTAMP',
         'UUIDField': 'STRING(32)',
     }
-
-    # TODO: (@odeke-em) examine Spanner's data type constraints.
-    data_types_check_constraints = {
-    }
-
     operators = {
         'exact': '= %s',
         'iexact': 'REGEXP_CONTAINS(%s, %%%%s)',
diff --git a/examples/from-scratch/README.md b/examples/from-scratch/README.md
index d3ea86595b..f82a1e4b86 100644
--- a/examples/from-scratch/README.md
+++ b/examples/from-scratch/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,17 @@ After we have a Cloud Spanner database created, we'll need a few variables:
 * Instance name
 * Database name aka DisplayName
 
-Once in, please edit the file `hc/local_settings.py` and make the section `DATABASES` into the following:
+Once in, please edit the file `hc/local_settings.py`, and:
+
+a) add `django_spanner` as the very first entry to your `INSTALLED_APPS`
+```python
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'django_spanner',  # Must be listed first.
+    ...
+]
+```
+
+b) update `DATABASES` into the following:
 ```python
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
@@ -57,7 +67,6 @@ DATABASES = {
 }
 ```
 
-
 ### Apply the migrations
 Please run:
 ```shell
diff --git a/examples/healthchecks/README.md b/examples/healthchecks/README.md
index ed053b5008..f28ed4e845 100644
--- a/examples/healthchecks/README.md
+++ b/examples/healthchecks/README.md
@@ -61,7 +61,18 @@ After we have a Cloud Spanner database created, we'll need a few variables:
 * Instance name
 * Database name aka DisplayName
 
-Once in, please edit the file `hc/local_settings.py` and make the section `DATABASES` into the following:
+Once in, please edit the file `hc/local_settings.py` to:
+a) Add `django_spanner` as the first entry to `INSTALLED_APPS`
+```python
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'django_spanner',  # Must be listed first.
+    ...
+]
+```
+**The rest of the apps MUST be copied from hc/settings.py**
+
+
+b) Edit `DATABASES` into the following:
 ```python
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {