diff --git a/tests/README b/tests/README
index 834be63a5e..6409c107be 100644
--- a/tests/README
+++ b/tests/README
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ The cURL Test Suite
 
  1.8 Logs
 
-  All logs are generated in the logs/ subdirectory (it is emptied first in the
+  All logs are generated in the log/ subdirectory (it is emptied first in the
   runtests.pl script). Use runtests.pl -k to force it to keep the temporary
   files after the test run since successful runs will clean it up otherwise.