diff --git a/campcaster/bin/createDebianPackages.sh b/campcaster/bin/createDebianPackages.sh
index 71c5691f4..e17e5240e 100755
--- a/campcaster/bin/createDebianPackages.sh
+++ b/campcaster/bin/createDebianPackages.sh
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ cp -pPR $etcdir/debian $packageName
 cat $etcdir/debian/control | sed -e "$replace_sed_string" \
     > $packageName/debian/control
 
-# get rid of the remnants of the CVS system
-rm -rf `find $packageName -name CVS -type d`
+# get rid of the remnants of the subversion system
+rm -rf `find $packageName -name .svn -type d`
 
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/campcaster/bin/dist.sh b/campcaster/bin/dist.sh
index 054a504f9..6fcc76cda 100755
--- a/campcaster/bin/dist.sh
+++ b/campcaster/bin/dist.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ printUsage()
     echo "parameters";
     echo "";
     echo "  -d, --directory     Place the tarballs in the specified directory.";
-    echo "                      [default: current directory]";
+    echo "                      [default: the parent of the current directory]";
     echo "  -h, --help          Print this message and exit.";
     echo "  -v, --version       The version number of the created packages.";
     echo "";
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ if [ "x$version" == "x" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "x$directory" == "x" ]; then
-    directory=`pwd`;
+    directory=`pwd`/..;
 fi
 
 d=`cd $directory; pwd`
diff --git a/campcaster/doc/release.html b/campcaster/doc/release.html
index 3fc96493e..bc600e522 100644
--- a/campcaster/doc/release.html
+++ b/campcaster/doc/release.html
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ with the release version as its single parameter:<br>
 <br>
 <pre><code>./bin/dist.sh --version &lt;ls-version&gt;<br></code></pre>
 <br>
-This will create two tarballs in the current directory:<br>
+This will create two tarballs in the parent of the current directory:<br>
 <ul>
   <li><code>campcaster-&lt;ls-version&gt;.tar.bz2</code></li>
   <li><code>campcaster-libraries-&lt;ls-version&gt;.tar.bz2</code></li>
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ plus two more needed for the build process: <code>debhelper</code> and
 <pre>tar xfj campcaster-&lt;ls-version&gt;.tar.bz2
 tar xfj campcaster-libraries-&lt;ls-version&gt;.tar.bz2
 cd campcaster-&lt;ls-version&gt;
-./bin/createDebianPackages.sh -d .. -v &lt;ls-version&gt; -m "Package Maintainer &lt;maintainer@foo.bar&gt;" -o ..
+./bin/createDebianPackages.sh -d .. -v &lt;ls-version&gt; -o .. \
+                -m "Package Maintainer &lt;maintainer@foo.bar&gt;"
 cd ..
 </pre>
 <br>