diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index 01de0206..bf656782 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ endif
 # To ignore a test temporarily, `touch .../success:`.
 RUNTESTS:=$(WASMS:$(OBJPAT)=$(RUNDIR)/%/success)
 wasm_to_c = $(patsubst $(OBJPAT),$(SRCDIR)/%.c,$1)
-$(RUNDIR)/%.c/success: $(OBJPAT)
+$(RUNDIR)/%/success: $(OBJPAT)
 	@mkdir -p $(@D)
 	@DIR="$(abspath $(@D))" \
 	  WASM="$(abspath $<)" \
diff --git a/test/README.md b/test/README.md
index 45e6d22a..2ba40e19 100644
--- a/test/README.md
+++ b/test/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Note that `wasm-ld` must be available, so an additional
 looks like (see [`run-test.sh`]):
 
 ```sh
-$ ls run/$TARGET_TRIPLE/misc/some-test.c
+$ ls run/$TARGET_TRIPLE/misc/some-test
 cmd.sh      # the exact command used to run the test
 fs          # a directory containing any test-created files
 output.log  # the captured printed output--only for errors