diff --git a/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest/run_make.rs b/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest/run_make.rs
index 75fe6a6baaf..f8ffd0fbe3f 100644
--- a/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest/run_make.rs
+++ b/src/tools/compiletest/src/runtest/run_make.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ fn run_rmake_legacy_test(&self) {
         let src_root = self.config.src_base.parent().unwrap().parent().unwrap();
         let src_root = cwd.join(&src_root);
 
+        // FIXME(Zalathar): This should probably be `output_base_dir` to avoid
+        // an unnecessary extra subdirectory, but since legacy Makefile tests
+        // are hopefully going away, it seems safer to leave this perilous code
+        // as-is until it can all be deleted.
         let tmpdir = cwd.join(self.output_base_name());
         if tmpdir.exists() {
             self.aggressive_rm_rf(&tmpdir).unwrap();
@@ -213,7 +217,7 @@ fn run_rmake_v2_test(&self) {
         // `rmake_out/` directory.
         //
         // This setup intentionally diverges from legacy Makefile run-make tests.
-        let base_dir = self.output_base_name();
+        let base_dir = self.output_base_dir();
         if base_dir.exists() {
             self.aggressive_rm_rf(&base_dir).unwrap();
         }
diff --git a/tests/run-make/README.md b/tests/run-make/README.md
index 9e1eaa881c9..40359903473 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/README.md
+++ b/tests/run-make/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ The setup for the `rmake.rs` version is a 3-stage process:
    structure within `build/<target>/test/run-make/`
 
    ```
-   <test-name>/<test-name>/
+   <test-name>/
        rmake.exe              # recipe binary
        rmake_out/             # sources from test sources copied over
    ```