diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index a959b6f79ce5..c85a9f9342f4 100755
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -1143,7 +1143,8 @@ sub __read_config {
 sub get_test_case {
 	print "What test case would you like to run?\n";
 	print " (build, install or boot)\n";
-	print " Other tests are available but require editing the config file\n";
+	print " Other tests are available but require editing ktest.conf\n";
+	print " (see tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf)\n";
 	my $ans = <STDIN>;
 	chomp $ans;
 	$default{"TEST_TYPE"} = $ans;
diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
index 8df62c837dd1..e628e7c8d875 100644
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #
 # Config file for ktest.pl
 #
+# Place your customized version of this, named ktest.conf, in the
+# working directory that ktest.pl is run from.
+#
 # Note, all paths must be absolute
 #