diff --git a/tests/wally-riscv-arch-test/riscv-test-env/verify.sh b/tests/wally-riscv-arch-test/riscv-test-env/verify.sh
index c01fd329c..543854982 100755
--- a/tests/wally-riscv-arch-test/riscv-test-env/verify.sh
+++ b/tests/wally-riscv-arch-test/riscv-test-env/verify.sh
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ do
         echo -e  "Check $(printf %-24s ${stub}) \e[33m ... IGNORE \e[39m"
         continue
     fi
-    # KMG: added snippet to ignore comments in reference file
-    diff -I '#*' -I '//*' --ignore-case --strip-trailing-cr ${ref} ${sig} &> /dev/null
+    # KMG: changed diff snippet to a grep that will strip comments with '//' and '#' out of the reference file
+    diff --ignore-case --ignore-trailing-space --strip-trailing-cr <(grep -o '^[^//#]*' ${ref}) ${sig} &> /dev/null
     if [ $? == 0 ]
     then
         echo -e "\e[32m ... OK \e[39m"
diff --git a/tests/wally-riscv-arch-test/riscv-test-suite/Makefile.include b/tests/wally-riscv-arch-test/riscv-test-suite/Makefile.include
index 2bea49060..ae84be741 100644
--- a/tests/wally-riscv-arch-test/riscv-test-suite/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/wally-riscv-arch-test/riscv-test-suite/Makefile.include
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ copy:
 	$(info !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
 	$(info <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< COPYING REFERENCES WITHOUT SIMULATING >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>)
 	$(info !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
-	$(V) echo "Copying References without simulating"
+	$(V) echo "Copying References without simulating for the following tests:"
+	$(V) echo $(target_tests_nosim)
 	$(V) for test in $(target_tests_nosim); do grep -o '^[^//#]*' $(ref_dir)/$$test.reference_output > $(work_dir_isa)/$$test.signature.output; done
 
 compile: $(combined_elf)