diff --git a/wp-admin/import-mt.php b/wp-admin/import-mt.php
index e72867d4e..06aea7cfa 100644
--- a/wp-admin/import-mt.php
+++ b/wp-admin/import-mt.php
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 <?php
-define('MTEXPORT', '');// enter the relative path of the import.txt file containing the mt entries. If the file is called import.txt and it is /wp-admin, then this line
+define('MTEXPORT', '');
+// enter the relative path of the import.txt file containing the mt entries. If the file is called import.txt and it is /wp-admin, then this line
 //should be define('MTEXPORT', 'import.txt');
 
 if (!file_exists('../wp-config.php')) die("There doesn't seem to be a wp-config.php file. You must install WordPress before you import any entries.");
 require('../wp-config.php');
 require ('upgrade-functions.php');
-$step = $HTTP_GET_VARS['step'];
+$step = $_GET['step'];
 if (!$step) $step = 0;
 ?>
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ switch($step) {
 <p><code>define('MTEXPORT', 'import.txt');</code></p>
 <p>You have to do this manually for security reasons.</p>
 <p>If you've done that and you&#8217;re all ready, <a href="import-mt.php?step=1">let's go</a>! Remember that the import process may take a minute or so if you have a large number of entries and comments. Think of all the rebuilding time you'll be saving once it's done. :)</p>
-<p>The importer is smart enough not to import duplicates, so you can run this multiple times without worry if&#8212;for whatever reason&#8212;it doesn't finish. </p>
+<p>The importer is smart enough not to import duplicates, so you can run this multiple times without worry if&#8212;for whatever reason&#8212;it doesn't finish. If you get an <strong>out of memory</strong> error try splitting up the import file into pieces. </p>
 <?php
 	break;
 	
