diff --git a/.verb.md b/.verb.md
index 14a9ac3d..5cfc9a59 100644
--- a/.verb.md
+++ b/.verb.md
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ npm i -d && npm run benchmark
 As of {%= date() %} (longer bars are better):
 
 ```sh
-{%= bench() %}
+{%= bench("benchmark/last.md") %}
 ```
 
 [regular-language]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_language
diff --git a/benchmark/helper.js b/benchmark/helper.js
index 4964ca91..47d4eebe 100644
--- a/benchmark/helper.js
+++ b/benchmark/helper.js
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
 var repeat = require('repeat-string');
 
-function bench() {
-  var filepath = path.join(__dirname, 'last.md');
+function bench(filepath) {
   var str = fs.readFileSync(filepath, 'utf8');
   var sections = str.split(/(?=\n?(?:# benchmark))/);
   sections.shift();