diff --git a/datafusion/sqllogictest/README.md b/datafusion/sqllogictest/README.md
index 76c28b5ecd2e..4781dae3f09b 100644
--- a/datafusion/sqllogictest/README.md
+++ b/datafusion/sqllogictest/README.md
@@ -397,17 +397,18 @@ generated DataFusion logical plan (SQL statement → DF logical → Substrait 
 Not all statements will be round-tripped, some statements like CREATE, INSERT, SET or EXPLAIN statements will be
 issued as is, but any other statement will be round-tripped to/from Substrait.
 
-_WARNING_: as there are still a lot of failures in this mode (https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/16248),
-it is not enforced in the CI, instead, it needs to be run manually with the following command:
+_WARNING_: this mode lives behind the `substrait` feature, and the full suite still reports failures. CI therefore
+runs it over a single file, through `cargo xtask ci step test substrait`, which filters to `limit.slt`. Some of the
+failures are collected in https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/16248. To run it over every file:
 
 ```shell
-cargo test --test sqllogictests -- --substrait-round-trip
+cargo test --test sqllogictests --features substrait -- --substrait-round-trip
 ```
 
 For focusing on one specific failing test, a file:line filter can be used:
 
 ```shell
-cargo test --test sqllogictests -- --substrait-round-trip binary.slt:23
+cargo test --test sqllogictests --features substrait -- --substrait-round-trip binary.slt:23
 ```
 
 ## `.slt` file format