diff --git a/DirectProgramming/C++SYCL_FPGA/ReferenceDesigns/gzip/README.md b/DirectProgramming/C++SYCL_FPGA/ReferenceDesigns/gzip/README.md
index ce1e0c4442..a1c7930ceb 100644
--- a/DirectProgramming/C++SYCL_FPGA/ReferenceDesigns/gzip/README.md
+++ b/DirectProgramming/C++SYCL_FPGA/ReferenceDesigns/gzip/README.md
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ Performance results are based on testing as of October 27, 2020.
 
 | Argument             | Description
 |:---                  |:---
-| `<input_file>`       | Specifies the file to be compressed. <br> Use an 120+ MB file to achieve peak performance. <br> Use an 80 KB file for Low Latency variant.
+| `<input_file>`       | Specifies the file to be compressed. <br> Use an 120+ MB file to achieve peak performance. <br> Use an 80 KB file for Low Latency variant. <br> Use a smaller file such as an 100 B file if the simulator flow is taking too long. 
 | `-o=<output_file>`   | Specifies the name of the output file. The default name of the output file is `<input_file>.gz`. <br> When using two engines, the single `<input_file>` is fed to both engines, yielding two identical output files, using `<output_file>` as the basis for the filenames.
 
 ### On Linux
@@ -253,7 +253,10 @@ Performance results are based on testing as of October 27, 2020.
     ```
     CL_CONTEXT_MPSIM_DEVICE_INTELFPGA=1 ./gzip.fpga_sim <input_file> -o=<output_file>
     ```
-
+    For the smaller file option.
+    ```
+    CL_CONTEXT_MPSIM_DEVICE_INTELFPGA=1 ./gzip.fpga_sim ../data/100b.txt -o=<output_file>
+    ```
  3. Run the sample on the FPGA device (only if you ran `cmake` with `-DFPGA_DEVICE=<board-support-package>:<board-variant>`).
    ```
    aocl initialize acl0 pac_s10_usm
@@ -271,6 +274,12 @@ Performance results are based on testing as of October 27, 2020.
     gzip.fpga_sim.exe <input_file> -o=<output_file>
     set CL_CONTEXT_MPSIM_DEVICE_INTELFPGA=
     ```
+    For the smaller file option.
+    ```
+    set CL_CONTEXT_MPSIM_DEVICE_INTELFPGA=1
+    gzip.fpga_sim.exe ../data/100b.txt -o=<output_file>
+    set CL_CONTEXT_MPSIM_DEVICE_INTELFPGA=
+    ```
  3. Run the sample on the FPGA device (only if you ran `cmake` with `-DFPGA_DEVICE=<board-support-package>:<board-variant>`).
     ```
     aocl initialize acl0 pac_s10_usm
diff --git a/DirectProgramming/C++SYCL_FPGA/ReferenceDesigns/gzip/data/100b.txt b/DirectProgramming/C++SYCL_FPGA/ReferenceDesigns/gzip/data/100b.txt
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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