diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 13611c26b..e18d0861f 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -261,14 +261,21 @@ We also have vcpkg ports for wolftpm, wolfmqtt and curl.
     your system. At present we support the current master branch of
     the hash-sigs project.
 
-    At present the hash-sigs project only builds static libraries.
-    It can be modified though to build and install a shared library
-    in /usr/local.
+    Currently the hash-sigs project only builds static libraries:
+      - hss_lib.a: a single-threaded static lib.
+      - hss_lib_thread.a: a multi-threaded static lib.
+
+    The multi-threaded version will mainly have speedups for key
+    generation and signing.
+
+    Additionally, the hash-sigs project can be modified to build
+    and install a shared library in /usr/local with either single
+    or multi-threaded versions.  If the shared version has been
+    built, libhss.so is the assumed name.
 
     wolfSSL supports either option, and by default will look for
-    hss_lib_thread.a in a specified hash-sigs dir. If hash-sigs has
-    been built as a shared lib and installed in /usr/local/ , then
-    wolfSSL will look for libhss.so there.
+    hss_lib.a first, and hss_lib_thread.a second, and libhss.so
+    lastly, in a specified hash-sigs dir.
 
     How to get and build the hash-sigs library:
       $ mkdir ~/hash_sigs
@@ -279,10 +286,15 @@ We also have vcpkg ports for wolftpm, wolfmqtt and curl.
     In sha256.h, set USE_OPENSSL to 0:
       #define USE_OPENSSL 0
 
-    Now build:
-      $ make
+    To build the single-threaded version:
+      $ make hss_lib.a
       $ ls *.a
-      hss_lib.a  hss_lib_thread.a  hss_verify.a
+      hss_lib.a
+
+    To build multi-threaded:
+      $ make hss_lib_thread.a
+      $ ls *.a
+      hss_lib_thread.a
 
     Build wolfSSL with
     $ ./configure \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cbbc72d4c..0bc7b5cde 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1160,7 +1160,16 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([liblms],
                 tryliblmsdir="/usr/local"
             fi
 
-            if test -e $tryliblmsdir/hss_lib_thread.a; then
+            # 1. By default use the hash-sigs single-threaded static library.
+            # 2. If 1 not found, then use the multi-threaded static lib.
+            # 3. If 2 not found, then use the multi-threaded dynamic lib.
+            if test -e $tryliblmsdir/hss_lib.a; then
+                CPPFLAGS="$AM_CPPFLAGS -DHAVE_LIBLMS -I$tryliblmsdir"
+                LIB_STATIC_ADD="$LIB_STATIC_ADD $tryliblmsdir/hss_lib.a"
+                enable_shared=no
+                enable_static=yes
+                liblms_linked=yes
+            elif test -e $tryliblmsdir/hss_lib_thread.a; then
                 CPPFLAGS="$AM_CPPFLAGS -DHAVE_LIBLMS -I$tryliblmsdir"
                 LIB_STATIC_ADD="$LIB_STATIC_ADD $tryliblmsdir/hss_lib_thread.a"
                 enable_shared=no
diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/ext_lms.c b/wolfcrypt/src/ext_lms.c
index a7d1007d7..5f8cca6f9 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/ext_lms.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/ext_lms.c
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ int  wc_LmsKey_MakeKey(LmsKey* key, WC_RNG * rng)
 
     LmsRng = rng;
 
-   /* todo: The has-sigs lib allows you to save variable length auxiliary
+   /* TODO: The hash-sigs lib allows you to save variable length auxiliary
     * data, which can be used to speed up key reloading when signing. The
     * aux data can be 300B - 1KB in size.
     *