diff --git a/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/Kconfig b/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/Kconfig
index ab5e7c9c8c..67161f331a 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/Kconfig
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@
 ## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 ## GNU General Public License for more details.
 
-# To execute, do:
-# qemu-system-arm -M vexpress-a9 -m 1024M -nographic -kernel build/coreboot.rom
-
 if BOARD_EMULATION_SPIKE_UCB_RISCV
 
 config BOARD_SPECIFIC_OPTIONS # dummy
diff --git a/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/Kconfig.name b/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/Kconfig.name
index 36dd509eb0..66266f7293 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/Kconfig.name
+++ b/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/Kconfig.name
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 config BOARD_EMULATION_SPIKE_UCB_RISCV
 	bool "SPIKE ucb riscv"
+	help
+	  To run coreboot in spike:
+	  * run "make" as usual
+	  * util/riscvtools/make-spike-elf.sh build/coreboot.{rom,elf}
+	  * spike -m1024 build/coreboot.elf