diff --git a/tests/msgq/1.0/ITestMsgQ.hal b/tests/msgq/1.0/ITestMsgQ.hal
index 3ed1b378fd..dfb9be46c2 100644
--- a/tests/msgq/1.0/ITestMsgQ.hal
+++ b/tests/msgq/1.0/ITestMsgQ.hal
@@ -34,15 +34,19 @@ interface ITestMsgQ {
         generates(bool ret, fmq_sync<uint16_t> mqDesc);
 
     /*
-     * This method requests the service to set up an unsynchronized write
-     * wait-free FMQ with the client as reader.
+     * This method requests the service to return an MQDescriptor to
+     * an unsynchronized FMQ set up by the server. If 'configureFmq' is
+     * true, then the server sets up a new unsynchronized FMQ. This
+     * method is to be used to test multiple reader processes.
      *
-     * @return ret True if the setup is successful.
-     * @return mqDesc This structure describes the FMQ that was
+     * @param configureFmq The server sets up a new unsynchronized FMQ if
+     * this parameter is true.
+     *
+     * @return ret True if successful.
+     * @return mqDesc This structure describes the unsynchronized FMQ that was
      * set up by the service. Client can use it to set up the FMQ at its end.
      */
-    configureFmqUnsyncWrite()
-        generates(bool ret, fmq_unsync<uint16_t> mqDesc);
+    getFmqUnsyncWrite(bool configureFmq) generates(bool ret, fmq_unsync<uint16_t> mqDesc);
 
     /*
      * This method request the service to write into the synchronized read/write