diff --git a/boards.txt b/boards.txt
index 7b73ff7af..4b27a5602 100644
--- a/boards.txt
+++ b/boards.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# this file is script-generated and is likely to be overwritten by tools/boards.txt.py
+# this file is script-generated and is likely to be overwritten by boards.txt.py
 #
 
 menu.BoardModel=Model
diff --git a/tools/boards.txt.py b/tools/boards.txt.py
index cbf076d0c..9c458e5ff 100755
--- a/tools/boards.txt.py
+++ b/tools/boards.txt.py
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ def all_boards ():
     macros.update(led(led_default, led_max))
 
     print '#'
-    print '# this file is script-generated and is likely to be overwritten by ' + sys.argv[0]
+    print '# this file is script-generated and is likely to be overwritten by ' + os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
     print '#'
     print ''
     print 'menu.BoardModel=Model'