diff --git a/qa/backwards-5.0/build.gradle b/qa/backwards-5.0/build.gradle
index 797e1109ae7..3864139d8e3 100644
--- a/qa/backwards-5.0/build.gradle
+++ b/qa/backwards-5.0/build.gradle
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.rest-test'
 
 /* This project runs the core REST tests against a 2 node cluster where one of the nodes has a different minor.
- * Since we don't have a version to test against we currently use the hardcoded snapshot for to bascially run
- * against ourself. To test that useing a different version works got into distribution/zip and execute:
- *   gradle clean install -Dbuild.snapshot=false
+ * Since we don't have a version to test against we currently use the hardcoded snapshot for to basically run
+ * against ourselves. To test that using a different version go to distribution/zip and execute:
+ *   gradle clean publishToMavenLocal -Dbuild.snapshot=false
  *
  * This installs the release-build into a local .m2 repository, then change this version here to:
  *   bwcVersion = "5.0.0"
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ apply plugin: 'elasticsearch.rest-test'
  * now you can run the bwc tests with:
  *   gradle check -Drepos.mavenlocal=true
  *
- * (-Drepos.mavenlocal=true will force gradle to look for the zip distribuiton in the local .m2 repository)
+ * (-Drepos.mavenlocal=true will force gradle to look for the zip distribution in the local .m2 repository)
  */
 integTest {
   includePackaged = true
   cluster {
     numNodes = 2
     numBwcNodes = 1
-    bwcVersion = "6.0.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT"
+    bwcVersion = "5.1.0"
     setting 'logger.org.elasticsearch', 'DEBUG'
   }
 }