diff --git a/make_release.sh b/make_release.sh
index 667c706..bfed341 100755
--- a/make_release.sh
+++ b/make_release.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Usage: ./make_release.sh
-# Creates a tar.bz2 archive of the current tree.
+# Creates a tar.gz archive of the current tree.
 #
 # To bump the version number for the current commit (make sure you are in HEAD!), run manually:
 #
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #
 # To generate a release for an older tagged commit, first list the tags with:
 #
-# git tags
+# git tag
 #
 # then checkout the tagged commit with:
 #
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 # Finally, to revert to HEAD:
 #
 # git checkout master
+#
+# See more at https://gitlab.com/o9000/tint2/wikis/Development
 
 VERSION=$(./get_version.sh --strict)
 if [ ! $? -eq 0 ]
@@ -27,8 +29,9 @@ then
 fi
 
 DIR=tint2-$VERSION
+ARCHIVE=$DIR.tar.gz
 echo "Making release $DIR"
-rm -rf $DIR
+rm -rf $DIR $ARCHIVE
 
 git checkout-index --prefix=$DIR/ -a
 
@@ -38,8 +41,8 @@ rm -f $DIR/make_release.sh
 echo "echo \"#define VERSION_STRING \\\"$VERSION\\\"\" > version.h" > $DIR/get_version.sh
 
 # Create tarball and remove the exported directory
-tar -cjf $DIR.tar.bz2 $DIR
+tar -czf $ARCHIVE $DIR
 rm -rf $DIR
 
-sha1sum -b $DIR.tar.bz2
-sha256sum -b $DIR.tar.bz2
+sha1sum -b $ARCHIVE
+sha256sum -b $ARCHIVE