diff --git a/lib/sde-package/package-gem.sh b/lib/sde-package/package-gem.sh
index 6c2db09..0a9bff5 100644
--- a/lib/sde-package/package-gem.sh
+++ b/lib/sde-package/package-gem.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ cat <<EOT
 Creates a GEM file for a given package based on it's flist
 
 Usage: ${0} [--versioned] [--root <root>] [--output <output>] <package>
-	type	package format (tar.gz,tar.bz2,tar.lzo,gem)
 	root	location of the root of the sandbox
 	output	folder to place the binary packages
 	package	name of the package
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ filename="${pkg_name}${versioned:+-${version}}"
 
 if $SDEROOT/lib/sde-package/package.sh --type "tar.bz2" ${versioned:+--versioned} --root "${root}" \
 	--output "${output}" "${pkg_name}"; then
-	echo_status "Converting into GEM format ..."
+	echo_status "Converting $filename.tar.bz2 into GEM format"
 
 	mine -C "${root}/var/adm" "$output/$filename.tar.bz2" "$pkg_name" \
 		"$output/$filename.gem.tmp"
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ if $SDEROOT/lib/sde-package/package.sh --type "tar.bz2" ${versioned:+--versioned
 		echo_error "Failed to create '$output/$filename.gem'"
 		rm -f "$output/$filename.gem.tmp"
 	else
-		mv "$output/$filename.gem{.tmp,}"
+		mv "$output/$filename.gem"{.tmp,}
 	fi
 
 	echo_status "Removing temporary ${filename}tar.bz2 file"
diff --git a/lib/sde-package/package.sh b/lib/sde-package/package.sh
index f0ff698..effc5c3 100755
--- a/lib/sde-package/package.sh
+++ b/lib/sde-package/package.sh
@@ -67,24 +67,24 @@ fi
 
 output="${output:-.}"
 
-case "$type" in
+case "$pkg_type" in
 	tar.gz)		compressor=gzip	;;
 	tar.bz2)	compressor=bzip2 ;;
 	tar.lzo)	compressor=lzop ;;
 	*)		# external type
-		if [ -x "$SDEROOT/lib/sde-package/package-$type.sh" ]; then
-			exec $SDEROOT/lib/sde-package/package-$type.sh ${versioned:+--versioned} --root "${root}" \
+		if [ -x "$SDEROOT/lib/sde-package/package-$pkg_type.sh" ]; then
+			exec $SDEROOT/lib/sde-package/package-$pkg_type.sh ${versioned:+--versioned} --root "${root}" \
 				--output "${output}" "${pkg_name}"
 		else
-			echo_error "packaging type '$type' not handled."
+			echo_error "packaging type '$pkg_type' not handled."
 			exit 3
 		fi
 esac
 
-echo_info "Creating binary package for '$pkg_name' ..."
+echo_info "Creating binary package for '$pkg_name'"
 mkdir -p "$output"
 
-filename="$pkg_name${versioned:+-${version}}.$type"
+filename="$pkg_name${versioned:+-${version}}.$pkg_type"
 flist="$root/var/adm/flists/$pkg_name"
 
 ( grep	  ' var/adm' "$flist"
@@ -98,5 +98,5 @@ if [ "$errno" != "0" ]; then
 	rm -f "$output/$filename.tmp"
 	exit 4
 else
-	mv "$output/$filename{.tmp,}"
+	mv "$output/$filename"{.tmp,}
 fi