diff --git a/util/intelmetool/me.c b/util/intelmetool/me.c
index f14f4cd623..4867bbcbf7 100644
--- a/util/intelmetool/me.c
+++ b/util/intelmetool/me.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ uint32_t intel_mei_setup(struct pci_dev *dev)
 	mei_mmap += mei_base_address - pagerounded;
 	if (mei_mmap == NULL) {
 		printf("Could not map ME setup memory.\n"
-		       "Do you have cmdline argument 'iomem=relaxed' set ?\n");
+		       "Do you have kernel cmdline argument 'iomem=relaxed' set ?\n");
 		return 1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/util/intelmetool/rcba.c b/util/intelmetool/rcba.c
index ee43e65ce0..6a09af687c 100644
--- a/util/intelmetool/rcba.c
+++ b/util/intelmetool/rcba.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ int write_rcba32(uint32_t addr, uint32_t val)
 	rcba = map_physical((off_t)rcba_phys, size);
 	if (rcba == NULL) {
 		printf("Could not map RCBA\n"
-		       "Do you have cmdline argument 'iomem=relaxed' set ?\n");
+		       "Do you have kernel cmdline argument 'iomem=relaxed' set ?\n");
 		return 1;
 	}
 	*(uint32_t *)(rcba + addr) = val;
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ int read_rcba32(uint32_t addr, uint32_t *val)
 	rcba = map_physical((off_t)rcba_phys, size);
 	if (rcba == NULL) {
 		printf("Could not map RCBA\n"
-		       "Do you have cmdline argument 'iomem=relaxed' set ?\n");
+		       "Do you have kernel cmdline argument 'iomem=relaxed' set ?\n");
 		return 1;
 	}