diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index df0f831bd..8a0923270 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -381,6 +381,11 @@ console so nova's console-log command can function. There is an element in the
 tripleo-image-elements repository called "remove-serial-console" which will
 force all boot messages to appear on the main console.
 
+Ramdisk images can be debugged at run-time by passing "troubleshoot" as a
+kernel command line argument, or by pressing "t" when an error is reached. This
+will spawn a shell on the console (this can be extremely useful when network
+interfaces or disks are not detected correctly).
+
 Testing Elements
 ----------------
 
diff --git a/elements/ramdisk/README.md b/elements/ramdisk/README.md
index 69c8b5b31..3cf6d58a3 100644
--- a/elements/ramdisk/README.md
+++ b/elements/ramdisk/README.md
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ and scripts need to be injected into a ramdisk that will fetch and apply a
 machine image to local disks. That tooling/scripting customisation can be
 easily applied in a repeatable and automatable way, using this element.
 
-See the top-level README.me of the project, for more information about the
+See the top-level README.md of the project, for more information about the
 mechanisms available to a ramdisk element.