diff --git a/hostapd/defconfig b/hostapd/defconfig
index 2591e7180..45078f2c4 100644
--- a/hostapd/defconfig
+++ b/hostapd/defconfig
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ CONFIG_DRIVER_HOSTAP=y
 
 # Driver interface for madwifi driver
 #CONFIG_DRIVER_MADWIFI=y
-#CFLAGS += -I../head # change to reflect local setup; directory for madwifi src
+#CFLAGS += -I../../madwifi # change to the madwifi source directory
 
 # Driver interface for Prism54 driver
 #CONFIG_DRIVER_PRISM54=y
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/defconfig b/wpa_supplicant/defconfig
index 2c66f9c2e..7a28e6fb9 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/defconfig
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/defconfig
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ CONFIG_DRIVER_HOSTAP=y
 
 # Driver interface for madwifi driver
 #CONFIG_DRIVER_MADWIFI=y
-# Change include directories to match with the local setup
-#CFLAGS += -I../madwifi/wpa
+# Set include directory to the madwifi source tree
+#CFLAGS += -I../../madwifi
 
 # Driver interface for Prism54 driver
 # (Note: Prism54 is not yet supported, i.e., this will not work as-is and is