diff --git a/verify-markdown-links.py b/verify-markdown-links.py
index 3da50d2..351d929 100755
--- a/verify-markdown-links.py
+++ b/verify-markdown-links.py
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@ for (text, link) in find_md_links(body_markdown):
     errMsg = None
     if not re.match(r'^(mailto|http|ftp|#)', link, re.IGNORECASE):
         path = Path(link)
-        if not path.is_file():
+        if not path.is_file() and not path.is_dir():
             errMsg = "local file by that name does not exist for relative file link"
+        else:
+            print(path)
     # FIXME: test other types of links
     if errMsg:
-        print("Bad link of \"%s\" (labeled as \"%s\") has error: %s" % (link, text, errMsg))
+        print("# Bad link of \"%s\" (labeled as \"%s\") has error: %s" % (link, text, errMsg))
 
 exit(0)
 # Below doesn't work, didn't have time to find out why