diff --git a/containers/rust/Cargo.lock b/containers/rust/Cargo.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index bc68f0f3da..0000000000
--- a/containers/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[[package]]
-name = "hello_world"
-version = "0.1.0"
-
diff --git a/containers/rust/README.md b/containers/rust/README.md
index ae442d9cf1..7491827d22 100644
--- a/containers/rust/README.md
+++ b/containers/rust/README.md
@@ -12,11 +12,16 @@
 
 ## Usage
 
-[See here for information on using this definition with an existing project](../../README.md#using-a-definition).
+[See here for information on adding it to your project.](../../README.md#using-a-definition).  There is no extra steps to using this dev container. 
 
-If you prefer, you can also just look through the contents of the `.devcontainer` folder to understand how to make changes to your own project.
+### Try it!
 
-If you want to try out the test project instead, run **Remote-Container: Open Folder in Container...** in VS Code and select a cloned copy of the entire folder. You can then start the test program from Debug panel in VS Code.
+Just follow these steps to try out the test project:
+
+1. Clone the vscode-dev-containers repository
+2. Start VS Code and run **Remote-Container: Open Folder in Container...** and select this folder
+3. Hit F5 or click on the Debug panel and start select "Debug executable 'hello world'"
+4. The project will run and output "Hello, VS Code Remote!"
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/containers/rust/test-project/Cargo.lock b/containers/rust/test-project/Cargo.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6086891478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/rust/test-project/Cargo.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+[[package]]
+name = "hello_world"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
diff --git a/containers/rust/Cargo.toml b/containers/rust/test-project/Cargo.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from containers/rust/Cargo.toml
rename to containers/rust/test-project/Cargo.toml
diff --git a/containers/rust/src/main.rs b/containers/rust/test-project/src/main.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from containers/rust/src/main.rs
rename to containers/rust/test-project/src/main.rs