diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/README.md b/tools/packaging/kernel/README.md
index e47c116ead..4f89121e03 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/README.md
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ automates the process to build a kernel for Kata Containers.
 
 The `build-kernel.sh` script requires an installed Golang version matching the
 [component build requirements](../../../docs/Developer-Guide.md#requirements-to-build-individual-components).
+It also requires [yq](https://github.com/mikefarah/yq) version 3.4.1
+> **Hint**: `snap install yq --channel=v3/stable`
+
+
+The Linux kernel scripts further require a few packages (flex, bison, and libelf-dev)
+See the CI scripts for your distro for more information...
+Look for the setup*.sh files [here](https://github.com/kata-containers/tests/tree/main/.ci)
+
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -17,9 +25,6 @@ Overview:
 
 	Build a kernel for Kata Containers
 
-Description: This script is the *ONLY* to build a kernel for development.
-
-
 Usage:
 
 	build-kernel.sh [options] <command> <argument>
@@ -49,14 +54,16 @@ Options:
 
 Example:
 ```
-$ ./build-kernel.sh -v 4.19.86 -g nvidia -f -d setup
+$ ./build-kernel.sh -v 5.10.25 -g nvidia -f -d setup
 ```
 > **Note**
-> - `-v 4.19.86`: Specify the guest kernel version.
+> - `-v 5.10.25`: Specify the guest kernel version. 
 > - `-g nvidia`: To build a guest kernel supporting Nvidia GPU.
 > - `-f`: The `.config` file is forced to be generated even if the kernel directory already exists.
 > - `-d`: Enable bash debug mode.
 
+> **Hint**: When in doubt look at [versions.yaml](../../../versions.yaml) to see what kernel version CI is using.
+
 
 ## Setup kernel source code
 
@@ -90,7 +97,7 @@ on this path, the following command will install it to the default Kata
 containers path (`/usr/share/kata-containers/`).
 
 ```bash
-$ ./build-kernel.sh install
+$ sudo ./build-kernel.sh install
 ```
 
 ## Submit Kernel Changes
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kernel/build-kernel.sh b/tools/packaging/kernel/build-kernel.sh
index d0ab1c264a..828939a6c4 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kernel/build-kernel.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kernel/build-kernel.sh
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-description="
-Description: This script is the *ONLY* to build a kernel for development.
-"
-
 set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
@@ -71,7 +67,6 @@ usage() {
 Overview:
 
 	Build a kernel for Kata Containers
-	${description}
 
 Usage: