diff --git a/libhsakmt/tests/kfdtest/CMakeLists.txt b/libhsakmt/tests/kfdtest/CMakeLists.txt
index 62a50841a7..94d846eba4 100644
--- a/libhsakmt/tests/kfdtest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libhsakmt/tests/kfdtest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if( DEFINED LIBHSAKMT_PATH )
-    set ( HSAKMT_LIBRARY_DIRS ${LIBHSAKMT_PATH}/lib )
+    set ( HSAKMT_LIBRARY_DIRS ${LIBHSAKMT_PATH} )
     set ( HSAKMT_LIBRARIES hsakmt )
 endif()
 
diff --git a/libhsakmt/tests/kfdtest/README.txt b/libhsakmt/tests/kfdtest/README.txt
index b892ba5df1..27efe4f560 100644
--- a/libhsakmt/tests/kfdtest/README.txt
+++ b/libhsakmt/tests/kfdtest/README.txt
@@ -6,15 +6,14 @@ libdrm libdrm_amdgpu libhsakmt
 
 If libhsakmt is not installed, but the headers and libraries are present
 locally, you can specify its directory by
-export LIBHSAKMT_PATH=/*your local libhsakmt folder*/
-With that, the headers and libraries are searched under
-LIBHSAKMT_PATH/include and LIBHSAKMT_PATH/lib respectively.
-
+export LIBHSAKMT_PATH=/path/to/libhsakmt.a
+With that, CMake/make will look for the lib at LIBHSAKMT_PATH/libhsakmt.a
+Note that this assumes that you will be building kfdtest from the same thunk found in ../..
 
 2. How to run kfdtest
 
 Just run "./run_kfdtest.sh" under the building output folder. You may need
 to specify library path through:
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/*your library path containing libhsakmt*/
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/libhsakmt.a
 
 Note: you can use "run_kfdtest.sh -h" to see more options.