diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ca18ef2..f4603a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 ## Release Versioning
 
 Both the bootstrap and full build process create tarballs *and rename
-the tools directory* with a version stamp in the form, `YYYMMDD`.  The
+the tools directory* with a version stamp in the form, `YYYYMMDD`.  The
 idea is to allow multiple verisons of your toolsets to exist under
 `${INSTALLDIR}`.  You simply create a symlink in that directory named
 `${TOOLS}` to point to the version you want.  This makes certain
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
    because of boneheaded assumptions made by some open source packages
    about where things live.  So:
 
-     `sudo yum -y install autoconf automake perl'   # Or whatever package management system you use
+     `sudo yum -y install autoconf automake perl   # Or whatever package management system you use`
 
 2. Un-tar the bootstrap tarball created above into the proper location.
    Recall that this was saved with a date revision stamp.  So, before
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 8d71a15..36d2910 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 EXPORTDIR = /shared
 INSTALLDIR = /opt/TundraWare
 TOOLS = tools
-MYTOOLS = emacs joe htop nload nmap screen the_silver_searcher tree vim
+MYTOOLS = emacs joe htop nload nmap perl screen the_silver_searcher tree vim
 
 # Nothing below here should need changing
 
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
 
 bootstrap-build:
 	echo "Make sure you have the OS development tools installed!"
-	${BREW} install gcc git make file-formula perl
+	${BREW} install gcc git make file-formula
 
 bootstrap-release: tidyup
 	cd ${INSTALLDIR} && mv -v ${TOOLS} ${TOOLS}-bootstrap-${DATESTAMP}
 	cd ${INSTALLDIR} && tar -czvf ${EXPORTDIR}/${TOOLS}-bootstrap-${DATESTAMP}.tar.gz ${TOOLS}-bootstrap-${DATESTAMP}
 
 full-build:
-	echo "Make sure you OS autoconf, automake, and perl installed!"
+	echo "Make sure your OS autoconf, automake, and perl are installed!"
 	echo 'Make sure the bootstrap is installed at $TOOLSDIR'
 	${BREW} install ${MYTOOLS}