diff --git a/config/testgrids/README.md b/config/testgrids/README.md
index fa6d6882989c..b11ca850370f 100644
--- a/config/testgrids/README.md
+++ b/config/testgrids/README.md
@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@ Any file put in this directory or a subdirectory will be picked up by [testgrid.
 
 ## Testing
 
-Run `bazel test //testgrid/...` to ensure the configuration is valid.
+Run `bazel test //config/jobs/tests/...` to ensure these configurations are valid.
 
 This finds common problems such as malformed yaml, a tab referring to a
-non-existent test group, a test group never appearing on any tab, etc.
-
-Run `bazel test //...` for slightly more advanced testing, such as ensuring that
-every job in our CI system appears somewhere in testgrid, etc.
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+non-existent test group, a test group never appearing on any tab, etc. It also enforces some
+repository-specific conventions.
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diff --git a/testgrid/build_test_update.md b/testgrid/build_test_update.md
index ca7a862ae8d7..d1f55452e4a5 100644
--- a/testgrid/build_test_update.md
+++ b/testgrid/build_test_update.md
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ to verify.
 
 ## Testing
 
-Run `bazel test //testgrid/...` to run all unit tests in TestGrid. Note that this also validates
-the [testgrid.k8s.io config].
+Run `bazel test //testgrid/...` to run all unit tests in TestGrid. Note that this does not validate
+the [testgrid.k8s.io config]; those tests are in `bazel test //config/tests/testgrids/...`
 
 Run `bazel test //...` for repository-wide testing, such as ensuring that
 every job in our CI system appears somewhere in testgrid, etc.
diff --git a/testgrid/config.md b/testgrid/config.md
index d98bb3a99f14..a79c61db0248 100644
--- a/testgrid/config.md
+++ b/testgrid/config.md
@@ -117,10 +117,7 @@ dashboard_groups:
 
 ## Testing your configuration
 
-Run `bazel test //testgrid/...` to ensure the configuration is valid.
-
-This finds common problems such as malformed yaml, a tab referring to a
-non-existent test group, a test group never appearing on any tab, etc.
+Run [`bazel test //config/tests/testgrids/..`](/config/tests/testgrids) to ensure the configuration is valid.
 
 ## Advanced configuration
 See [`config.proto`] for an extensive list of configuration options. Here are some commonly-used ones.