diff --git a/hie-mac.yaml b/hie-other.yaml
similarity index 76%
rename from hie-mac.yaml
rename to hie-other.yaml
index 8194b137c..1dad7acf2 100644
--- a/hie-mac.yaml
+++ b/hie-other.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
-# arm macs users may want to symlink this as hie.yaml to make hls use ghc 8.10 
-# since there isn't a ghc-9-compatible arm binary for hls yet. Or make it use
-# ghc 9.2 if you have built such a hls binary.
+# This can be symlinked as hie.yaml to make hls use a different ghc version
+# from the default stack.yaml.
+#
+# Eg mac m1 users could use it to select ghc 8.10,
+# until there is a ghc-9-compatible arm hls binary.
+# (Though, since such a binary is relatively easy to build yourself,
+# and 2-3x faster, I recommend doing that instead.)
 
 cradle:
   stack:
-    stackYaml: "stack9.2.yaml"
+    stackYaml: "stack8.10.yaml"
 
     # since there is a hie.yaml, these must be listed explicitly 
     # (a current limitation of hls with a multi-package stack project):