We clarify the definition of the subgroup C given in the paper, correct Theorem 3.2, Lemma 4.1 and the presentation of the automorphism group of a split metacyclic p-group given in Theorem 4.2.In the paper [1] we considered the automorphism group of a nonabelian split metacyclic p-groupwhere p was odd, m ≥ 2, n ≥ 1 and 1 ≤ r ≤ min{m − 1, n}. For convenience three cases were considered:Zhou and Liu [4] have pointed out some errors in Theorem 3.2, Lemma 4.1, and Theorem 4.2 of our paper and we are grateful for their observation. The errors arose because of some poor notation associated with our automorphism c, so here we clarify its definition and correct these results. Throughout this note for group elements g and h, g h denotes h −1 gh.