diff --git a/contrib/verifybinaries/README.md b/contrib/verify-binaries/README.md
similarity index 82%
rename from contrib/verifybinaries/README.md
rename to contrib/verify-binaries/README.md
index 19cc34d1da..c62d760e1a 100644
--- a/contrib/verifybinaries/README.md
+++ b/contrib/verify-binaries/README.md
@@ -42,47 +42,47 @@ See the `Config` object for various options.
 
 Validate releases with default settings:
 ```sh
-./contrib/verifybinaries/verify.py pub 22.0
-./contrib/verifybinaries/verify.py pub 22.0-rc2
+./contrib/verify-binaries/verify.py pub 22.0
+./contrib/verify-binaries/verify.py pub 22.0-rc3
 ```
 
 Get JSON output and don't prompt for user input (no auto key import):
 
 ```sh
-./contrib/verifybinaries/verify.py --json pub 22.0-x86
+./contrib/verify-binaries/verify.py --json pub 22.0-x86
 ```
 
 Rely only on local GPG state and manually specified keys, while requiring a
 threshold of at least 10 trusted signatures:
 ```sh
-./contrib/verifybinaries/verify.py \
+./contrib/verify-binaries/verify.py \
     --trusted-keys 74E2DEF5D77260B98BC19438099BAD163C70FBFA,9D3CC86A72F8494342EA5FD10A41BDC3F4FAFF1C \
     --min-good-sigs 10 pub 22.0-x86
 ```
 
-If you only want to download the binaries of certain platform, add the corresponding suffix, e.g.:
+If you only want to download the binaries for a certain platform, add the corresponding suffix, e.g.:
 
 ```sh
-./contrib/verifybinaries/verify.py pub 22.0-osx
-./contrib/verifybinaries/verify.py pub 22.0-rc2-win64
+./contrib/verify-binaries/verify.py pub 24.0.1-darwin
+./contrib/verify-binaries/verify.py pub 23.1-rc1-win64
 ```
 
 If you do not want to keep the downloaded binaries, specify the cleanup option.
 
 ```sh
-./contrib/verifybinaries/verify.py pub --cleanup 22.0
+./contrib/verify-binaries/verify.py pub --cleanup 22.0
 ```
 
 Use the bin subcommand to verify all files listed in a local checksum file
 
 ```sh
-./contrib/verifybinaries/verify.py bin SHA256SUMS
+./contrib/verify-binaries/verify.py bin SHA256SUMS
 ```
 
 Verify only a subset of the files listed in a local checksum file
 
 ```sh
-./contrib/verifybinaries/verify.py bin ~/Downloads/SHA256SUMS \
+./contrib/verify-binaries/verify.py bin ~/Downloads/SHA256SUMS \
     ~/Downloads/bitcoin-24.0.1-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz \
     ~/Downloads/bitcoin-24.0.1-arm-linux-gnueabihf.tar.gz
 ```
diff --git a/contrib/verifybinaries/test.py b/contrib/verify-binaries/test.py
similarity index 95%
rename from contrib/verifybinaries/test.py
rename to contrib/verify-binaries/test.py
index 18047e4ebf..22d718ece3 100755
--- a/contrib/verifybinaries/test.py
+++ b/contrib/verify-binaries/test.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def main():
     expect_code(run_verify("", "pub", '0.32.awefa.12f9h'), 11, "Malformed version should fail")
     expect_code(run_verify('--min-good-sigs 20', "pub", "22.0"), 9, "--min-good-sigs 20 should fail")
 
-    print("- testing multisig verification (22.0)", flush=True)
+    print("- testing verification (22.0)", flush=True)
     _220 = run_verify("--json", "pub", "22.0")
     try:
         result = json.loads(_220.stdout.decode())
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def main():
 
 def run_verify(global_args: str, command: str, command_args: str) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess:
     maybe_here = Path.cwd() / 'verify.py'
-    path = maybe_here if maybe_here.exists() else Path.cwd() / 'contrib' / 'verifybinaries' / 'verify.py'
+    path = maybe_here if maybe_here.exists() else Path.cwd() / 'contrib' / 'verify-binaries' / 'verify.py'
 
     if command == "pub":
         command += " --cleanup"
diff --git a/contrib/verifybinaries/verify.py b/contrib/verify-binaries/verify.py
similarity index 99%
rename from contrib/verifybinaries/verify.py
rename to contrib/verify-binaries/verify.py
index aeab8ebacb..d0749f503f 100755
--- a/contrib/verifybinaries/verify.py
+++ b/contrib/verify-binaries/verify.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def bool_from_env(key, default=False) -> bool:
 
 
 VERSION_FORMAT = "<major>.<minor>[.<patch>][-rc[0-9]][-platform]"
-VERSION_EXAMPLE = "22.0-x86_64 or 0.21.0-rc2-osx"
+VERSION_EXAMPLE = "22.0-x86_64 or 23.1-rc1-darwin"
 
 def parse_version_string(version_str):
     parts = version_str.split('-')
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ def verify_published_handler(args: argparse.Namespace) -> ReturnCode:
 
     # download binaries
     for _, binary_filename in hashes_to_verify:
-        log.info(f"downloading {binary_filename}")
+        log.info(f"downloading {binary_filename} to {WORKINGDIR}")
         success, output = download_with_wget(
             HOST1 + remote_dir + binary_filename, binary_filename)