diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/qemux86-directdisk.wks b/poky/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/qemux86-directdisk.wks
index 22b4521..8089976 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/qemux86-directdisk.wks
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/wic/canned-wks/qemux86-directdisk.wks
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 
 include common.wks.inc
 
-bootloader  --timeout=0  --append="rw oprofile.timer=1 rootfstype=ext4 "
+bootloader  --timeout=0  --append="rw oprofile.timer=1 rootfstype=ext4 console=tty console=ttyS0 "
 
diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/wic/help.py b/poky/scripts/lib/wic/help.py
index 73e3380..163535e 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/wic/help.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/wic/help.py
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@
 TOPIC:
     overview  - Presents an overall overview of Wic
     plugins   - Presents an overview and API for Wic plugins
-    kickstart - Presents a Wic kicstart file reference
+    kickstart - Presents a Wic kickstart file reference
 
 
 Examples: