diff --git a/tools/patman/README b/tools/patman/README
index 8cffcd1f3d53ae010928000a4b1e29d81452ccf3..c954989db64d0fe6ee1041e3823c0028b648181f 100644
--- a/tools/patman/README
+++ b/tools/patman/README
@@ -452,12 +452,12 @@ Most of these are indicated by a TODO in the code.
 
 It would be nice if this could handle the In-reply-to side of things.
 
-The tests are incomplete, as is customary. Use the -t flag to run them,
-and make sure you are in the tools/scripts/patman directory first:
+The tests are incomplete, as is customary. Use the --test flag to run them,
+and make sure you are in the tools/patman directory first:
 
     $ cd /path/to/u-boot
-    $ cd tools/scripts/patman
-    $ patman -t
+    $ cd tools/patman
+    $ ./patman --test
 
 Error handling doesn't always produce friendly error messages - e.g.
 putting an incorrect tag in a commit may provide a confusing message.