diff --git a/scripts/release.pl b/scripts/release.pl
index 22a4b7a6bdf..bdaac9db04b 100755
--- a/scripts/release.pl
+++ b/scripts/release.pl
@@ -166,10 +166,10 @@ run( "scripts/create_changelog.sh", "create_changelog.sh failed" );
 unless( $dopoint ) {
 	run( "scripts/update-news.pl $newmajor $newminor '$newreleasename'", "could not update news" ) if $major>2 || ($major==2 && $minor>14);
 
-	run( "perl -i -pe 's/qgis-dev-deps/qgis-ltr-deps/;' doc/msvc.t2t" ) if $doltr;
-	run( "perl -i -pe 's/qgis-dev-deps/qgis-rel-deps/;' doc/msvc.t2t" ) unless $doltr;
-	run( "txt2tags --encoding=utf-8 -odoc/INSTALL.html -t html doc/INSTALL.t2t" );
-	run( "txt2tags --encoding=utf-8 -oINSTALL -t txt doc/INSTALL.t2t" );
+	run( "perl -i -pe 's/qgis-dev-deps/qgis-ltr-deps/;' doc/msvc.t2t", "could not update osgeo4w deps package" ) if $doltr;
+	run( "perl -i -pe 's/qgis-dev-deps/qgis-rel-deps/;' doc/msvc.t2t", "could not update osgeo4w deps package" ) unless $doltr;
+	run( "txt2tags --encoding=utf-8 -odoc/INSTALL.html -t html doc/INSTALL.t2t", "could not update INSTALL.html" );
+	run( "txt2tags --encoding=utf-8 -oINSTALL -t txt doc/INSTALL.t2t", "could not update INSTALL" );
 
 	run( "git commit -n -a -m \"changelog and news update for $release\"", "could not commit changelog and news update" );