diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8af276ec..4dc3fa8e 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Python 3.6 or later with the following `pip3 install -U -r requirements.txt` pac
 
 # Training
 
-Run `train.py` to begin training after downloading COCO data with `data/get_coco_dataset.sh`.
+Run `train.py` to begin training after downloading COCO data with `data/get_coco_dataset.sh` and specifying COCO path on line 37 (local) or line 39 (cloud).
 
 Run `train.py -resume 1` to resume training from the most recently saved checkpoint `checkpoints/latest.pt`.
 
diff --git a/train.py b/train.py
index 4a8cc70b..c70b5af7 100644
--- a/train.py
+++ b/train.py
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ def main(opt):
     # Configure run
     data_config = parse_data_config(opt.data_config_path)
     num_classes = int(data_config['classes'])
-    if platform == 'darwin':  # macos
+    if platform == 'darwin':  # MacOS (local)
         train_path = data_config['valid']
-    else:  # linux (gcp cloud)
+    else:  # linux (cloud, i.e. gcp)
         train_path = '../coco/trainvalno5k.part'
 
     # Initialize model