diff --git a/tests/.gitignore b/tests/.gitignore
index e31d0ad..6dc66f3 100644
--- a/tests/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-*.out
-*.vcd
-*.log
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+**/*.out
+**/*.vcd
+**/*.log
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diff --git a/tests/test_basic/README.md b/tests/test_basic/README.md
index 8385327..fce0175 100644
--- a/tests/test_basic/README.md
+++ b/tests/test_basic/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # basic_test
 
-Verify basic usage of all instructions. Includes tests to ensure pipeline stalls sufficiently for correctness but does not test for unnecessary stalls.
+Verify basic usage of all instructions. Includes tests to ensure pipeline stalls sufficiently for correctness but does not test for unnecessary/excessive stalls.
 
-Currently store/load does not implement proper stalling so these operations are padded with nop
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+Currently store/load does not implement proper stalling so these operations are padded with `nop`
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diff --git a/tests/test_c/README.md b/tests/test_c/README.md
index 8385327..e5ec538 100644
--- a/tests/test_c/README.md
+++ b/tests/test_c/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# basic_test
+# C test
 
-Verify basic usage of all instructions. Includes tests to ensure pipeline stalls sufficiently for correctness but does not test for unnecessary stalls.
+Verify basic ability to use C
 
-Currently store/load does not implement proper stalling so these operations are padded with nop
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+Currently all C functions fail because store/load do not stall properly.
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