diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b57b21291..0a6451460 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -571,10 +571,10 @@ endif
 
 locate-checkpatch:
 ifndef CHECKPATCH
-	$(error "Please set CHECKPATCH to point to the Linux checkpatch.pl file, eg: CHECKPATCH=../linux/script/checkpatch.pl")
+	$(error "Please set CHECKPATCH to point to the Linux checkpatch.pl file, eg: CHECKPATCH=../linux/scripts/checkpatch.pl")
 else
 ifeq (,$(wildcard ${CHECKPATCH}))
-	$(error "The file CHECKPATCH points to cannot be found, use eg: CHECKPATCH=../linux/script/checkpatch.pl")
+	$(error "The file CHECKPATCH points to cannot be found, use eg: CHECKPATCH=../linux/scripts/checkpatch.pl")
 endif
 endif