diff --git a/benchmarking-tests/fabfile.py b/benchmarking-tests/fabfile.py
index 770ed218..b6bb3c39 100644
--- a/benchmarking-tests/fabfile.py
+++ b/benchmarking-tests/fabfile.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ env.key_filename = 'pem/bigchaindb.pem'
 
 @task
 @parallel
-def prepare_test():
+def put_benchmark_utils():
     put('benchmark_utils.py')
 
 
diff --git a/benchmarking-tests/test1/README.md b/benchmarking-tests/test1/README.md
index 4cc96d8a..dd2115ef 100644
--- a/benchmarking-tests/test1/README.md
+++ b/benchmarking-tests/test1/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ Measure how many blocks per second are created on the _bigchain_ with a pre fill
 2. Copy `deploy-cluster-aws/hostlist.py` to `benchmarking-tests`
 
 ```bash
-fab prepare_test
+fab put_benchmark_utils
 fab update_statsd_conf:<hostname of the statsd server>
 fab prepare_backlog:<num txs per node> # wait for process to finish
-fab start_bigchaindb
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+fab start_bigchaindb
+```
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