diff --git a/src/rebar_rel_utils.erl b/src/rebar_rel_utils.erl
index 7b08d54..068fa1c 100644
--- a/src/rebar_rel_utils.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_rel_utils.erl
@@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ get_rel_file_path(Name, Path) ->
     get_rel_file_path(Name, Path, PVer).
 
 get_rel_file_path(Name, Path, Version) ->
-    Dir   = filename:join([Path, "releases", Version]),
+    Dir = filename:join([Path, "releases", Version]),
     Path1 = filename:join([Dir, Name ++ "_" ++ Version ++".rel"]),
     Path2 = filename:join([Dir, Name ++ ".rel"]),
     case {filelib:is_file(Path1), filelib:is_file(Path2)} of
         {true, _} -> Path1;
         {_, true} -> Path2;
-        _ -> ?ABORT("can not find .rel file for version ~p", [Version])
+        _ -> ?ABORT("can not find .rel file for version ~p~n", [Version])
     end.
 
 %% Get the previous release path from a global variable
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ load_config(Config, ReltoolFile) ->
         {ok, Terms} ->
             expand_version(Config, Terms, filename:dirname(ReltoolFile));
         Other ->
-            ?ABORT("Failed to load expected config from ~s: ~p\n",
+            ?ABORT("Failed to load expected config from ~s: ~p~n",
                    [ReltoolFile, Other])
     end.
 
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ get_sys_tuple(ReltoolConfig) ->
         {sys, _} = SysTuple ->
             SysTuple;
         false ->
-            ?ABORT("Failed to find {sys, [...]} tuple in reltool.config.", [])
+            ?ABORT("Failed to find {sys, [...]} tuple in reltool.config~n", [])
     end.
 
 %%
@@ -265,5 +265,5 @@ get_permanent_version(Path) ->
                              " "),
             Version;
         {error, enoent} ->
-            ?ABORT("start_erl.data is missing", [])
+            ?ABORT("~s is missing~n", [DataFile])
     end.
diff --git a/test/upgrade_project/README.md b/test/upgrade_project/README.md
index a644b21..d0d4a4b 100644
--- a/test/upgrade_project/README.md
+++ b/test/upgrade_project/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #### Building version 0.1
     rebar compile
+    cd rel
     rebar generate
-    mv rel/dummy rel/dummy_0.1
+    mv dummy dummy_0.1
+    cd ..
     rebar clean
     # start the release:
     cd rel/dummy_0.1
@@ -20,15 +22,17 @@
     $EDITOR rel/reltool.config
 
     rebar compile
+    cd rel
     rebar generate
     # previous_release path is relative to your rel directory
     rebar generate-appups previous_release=dummy_0.1
     rebar generate-upgrade previous_release=dummy_0.1
-    tar -zvtf rel/dummy_0.2.tar.gz
+    tar -zvtf dummy_0.2.tar.gz
+    mv dummy dummy_0.2
 
 
 #### Deploying with release_handler
-    mv rel/dummy_0.2.tar.gz rel/dummy_0.1/releases/
+    mv dummy_0.2.tar.gz dummy_0.1/releases/
 
     # Now use release_handler in the running erlang console for the deploy:
 
@@ -43,3 +47,4 @@
     rm -r rel/dummy
 
     # Now repeat steps in 'Building version 0.2' and 'Deploying with release_handler'
+    # while replacing '0.2' by '0.3' and '0.1' by '0.2'.