diff --git a/other/get_md5.py b/other/get_md5.py
index e482dd3b3b1f51d71150d3f28a10e0df45c259c7..a5e9c9ed462ab63b674d412dc17b29fe9a88be37 100644
--- a/other/get_md5.py
+++ b/other/get_md5.py
@@ -33,21 +33,21 @@ from hashlib import md5
 from collections import Counter
 
 
-def get_hash_line_for_file(file: Path, experiment_dir: Path):
+def get_hash_line_for_file(file: Path, output_dir: Path):
     with open(file, "rb") as f:
         hash = md5(f.read()).hexdigest()
 
-    filepath = file.relative_to(experiment_dir)
+    filepath = file.relative_to(output_dir)
     # always print forward slashes even on windows to be able to diff the result files
     hashline = f"{str(filepath.as_posix())} {hash}\n"
 
     return hashline
 
 
-def main(experiment_dir, out_file):
-    wav_files = sorted(experiment_dir.glob("proc_output*/**/*c[0-9][0-9].wav"))
+def main(output_dir, out_file):
+    wav_files = sorted(output_dir.glob("*/**/*c[0-9][0-9].wav"))
 
-    hashlines = [get_hash_line_for_file(f, experiment_dir) for f in wav_files]
+    hashlines = [get_hash_line_for_file(f, output_dir) for f in wav_files]
     count = Counter([line.split()[-1] for line in hashlines])
     duplicates = [line for line in hashlines if count[line.split()[-1]] != 1]
 
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         description="Cross-platform script for generating MD5 hashes of output files for the characterization testing experiments."
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        "experiment_dir",
+        "output_dir",
         type=Path,
-        help="Directory of the respective experiment (e.g. experiments/characterization/P800-12",
+        help="Path to the output directory of the respective experiment that you want to generate Hashes for. Can be proc_output or proc_final.",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "out_file", type=Path, help="Output text file with filenames and Hashes"
@@ -75,4 +75,4 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    main(args.experiment_dir, args.out_file)
+    main(args.output_dir, args.out_file)