diff --git a/config/toolconfigsrc/README b/config/toolconfigsrc/README
index e196d74f..7269548d 100644
--- a/config/toolconfigsrc/README
+++ b/config/toolconfigsrc/README
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-These configs are installed via 'make toolconfigs' in the project root.
-(and should be automatically built for other targets such as 'make check')
+These configs can be installed via 'make prereqs' in the project root.
+(this should automatically happen as part of other targets such as 'make check')
 
 Some of these are filtered to include an abs path to the project root
-or other varying data, so they can not simply be included as flat files.
\ No newline at end of file
+or other varying data, which is why we use this mechanism instead of simply
+including them as flat files.