diff --git a/docs/demo.md b/docs/demo.md
index 9c7b995..a8878fb 100644
--- a/docs/demo.md
+++ b/docs/demo.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   export CWD=$(pwd)
   ```
 
-- Copy over compressed file before this
+- Extract the testnet-state JSON file
 
   ```
   gzip -dc $CWD/testnet-state.gz > $CWD/testnet-state.json
diff --git a/docs/run-first-validator.md b/docs/run-first-validator.md
index cb8df26..6402a14 100644
--- a/docs/run-first-validator.md
+++ b/docs/run-first-validator.md
@@ -45,17 +45,17 @@
   laconic-so fetch-stack git.vdb.to/cerc-io/laconicd-stack --git-ssh --pull
   ```
 
-- Copy over compressed file before this
+- Copy over compressed file `testnet-state.gz` file to target machine
+
+- Extract the testnet-state JSON file
 
   ```
-  gzip -dc <absolute-path-to-testnet-deployment>/export/testnet-state.gz > testnet-state.json
+  gzip -dc <path-to-compressed-file>/testnet-state.gz > testnet-state.json
 
   # Remove zip folder
-  rm -rf <absolute-path-to-testnet-deployment>/export/testnet-state.gz
+  rm -rf <path-to-compressed-file>/testnet-state.gz
   ```
 
-- Copy over the exported `testnet-state.json` file to target machine
-
 - Generate LPS lockup distribution JSON file
 
   ```bash