diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index 9a4c078e..91956a5f 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Checklist:
 
 The script runs virtually the following commands in a clean directory:
 
-      stack unpack $package-$version  # $version is optional
+      stack unpack $package-$version # `-$version` is optional
       cd $package-$version
-      rm -f stack.yaml && stack init --resolver nightly
+      rm -f stack.yaml && stack init --resolver nightly --ignore-subdirs
       stack build --resolver nightly --haddock --test --bench --no-run-benchmarks
diff --git a/verify-package b/verify-package
index 4d3734c7..f559cec0 100755
--- a/verify-package
+++ b/verify-package
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ exit() {
 }
 trap exit EXIT
 
+# When updating these commands, make sure to update .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md as well.
 cd "$dir"
 stack unpack "$package"
 cd "$(ls | head -n 1)"