diff --git a/util/checkpoint-tester.py b/util/checkpoint-tester.py
index 2600644da9..58174693c6 100755
--- a/util/checkpoint-tester.py
+++ b/util/checkpoint-tester.py
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@
 #
 # Examples:
 #
-# util/checkpoint-tester.py -i 400000 -- build/<ISA>/m5.opt \
-#      configs/example/se.py -c tests/test-progs/hello/bin/<isa>/tru64/hello \
+# util/checkpoint-tester.py -i 400000 -- build/<ISA>/gem5.opt \
+#      configs/example/se.py -c tests/test-progs/hello/bin/<isa>/linux/hello \
 #      --output=progout --errout=progerr
 #
-# util/checkpoint-tester.py -i 200000000000 -- build/<ISA>/m5.opt \
-#      configs/example/fs.py --script tests/halt.sh
+# util/checkpoint-tester.py -i 200000000000 -- build/<ISA>/gem5.opt \
+#      configs/example/fs.py --script configs/boot/halt.sh
 #
 
 
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ m5_binary = args.cmdline[0]
 
 args = args.cmdline[1:]
 
-initial_args = ['--take-checkpoints', '%d,%d' % (interval, interval)]
+checkpoint_args = ['--take-checkpoints', '%d,%d' % (interval, interval)]
 
 cptdir = os.path.join(top_dir, 'm5out')
 
 print('===> Running initial simulation.')
-subprocess.call([m5_binary] + ['-red', cptdir] + args + initial_args)
+subprocess.call([m5_binary] + ['-red', cptdir] + args + checkpoint_args)
 
 dirs = os.listdir(cptdir)
 expr = re.compile('cpt\.([0-9]*)')
@@ -117,8 +117,9 @@ cpts.sort()
 # less than tha number of checkpoints.
 for i in range(1, len(cpts)):
     print('===> Running test %d of %d.' % (i, len(cpts)-1))
+    checkpoint_args = ['--take-checkpoints', '%d,%d' % (cpts[i], interval)]
     mydir = os.path.join(top_dir, 'test.%d' % i)
-    subprocess.call([m5_binary] + ['-red', mydir] + args + initial_args +
+    subprocess.call([m5_binary] + ['-red', mydir] + args + checkpoint_args +
                     ['--max-checkpoints' , '1', '--checkpoint-dir', cptdir,
                      '--checkpoint-restore', str(i)])
     cpt_name = 'cpt.%d' % cpts[i]