diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index a49f4709..c09c9339 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -120,6 +120,6 @@ rpm: all
 	sh $(srcdir)/release/makerpm ${PACKAGE_NAME} ${VERSION} ${BUILD} \
 		${RPMARCH} ${srcdir}
 
-srpm: dist
+srpm: dist-gzip
 	sh $(srcdir)/release/makesrpm ${PACKAGE_NAME} ${VERSION} ${BUILD} \
 		${srcdir}
diff --git a/release/makesrpm b/release/makesrpm
index b2476bbf..8d5fab8d 100644
--- a/release/makesrpm
+++ b/release/makesrpm
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ SRCDIR=$4
 
 TARBALL=$PACKAGE_NAME-$VERSION.tar.gz
 if [ ! -f ./$TARBALL ]; then
-	echo ./$TARBALL does not exist.  Run make dist first.
+	echo ./$TARBALL does not exist.  Run make dist-gzip first.
 	exit -1
 fi