diff --git a/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog b/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
index 1f4cedc83e9dee8bf6954da287492c0b73451ea3..752d70d0e649c3a51d6090f37fda79ae9b1ea925 100644
--- a/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/maintainer-scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2001-03-17  Joseph S. Myers  <jsm28@cam.ac.uk>
 
+	* update_web_docs: Don't strip leading -r from argument following
+	-r, or leading -d from argument following -d.  Bug pointed out by
+	Matt Kraai.
+
 	* update_web_docs: Handle -r and -d options to generate docs for a
 	release or branch in a subdirectory.  Determine names of G77 news
 	and bugs files and contributors file after updated docs have been
diff --git a/maintainer-scripts/update_web_docs b/maintainer-scripts/update_web_docs
index cfaf80f46043bbfeb146d1ec6d1e293451609395..bb67366229a2d2111f45ef5df062f40d3fb4fec2 100755
--- a/maintainer-scripts/update_web_docs
+++ b/maintainer-scripts/update_web_docs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
       RELEASE="${1#-r}"
       if [ -z "$RELEASE" ]; then
 	shift
-	RELEASE="${1#-r}"
+	RELEASE="$1"
 	if [ -z "$RELEASE" ]; then
 	  echo "No release specified with -r" >&2
 	  exit 1
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
       SUBDIR="${1#-d}"
       if [ -z "$SUBDIR" ]; then
 	shift
-	SUBDIR="${1#-d}"
+	SUBDIR="$1"
 	if [ -z "$SUBDIR" ]; then
 	  echo "No subdirectory specified with -d" >&2
 	  exit 1