diff --git a/Utilities/Release/release_cmake.cmake b/Utilities/Release/release_cmake.cmake
index 630f54fe3..a8772ee91 100644
--- a/Utilities/Release/release_cmake.cmake
+++ b/Utilities/Release/release_cmake.cmake
@@ -67,14 +67,15 @@ macro(remote_command comment command)
 endmacro()
 
 if(CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL)
-  message("scp '${CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL}' '${HOST}:'")
+  get_filename_component(CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL_NAME "${CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL}" NAME)
+  string(REPLACE ".tar.gz" "-${SCRIPT_NAME}.tar.gz" CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL_STAGED "${CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL_NAME}")
+  message("scp '${CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL}' '${HOST}:${CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL_STAGED}'")
   execute_process(COMMAND
-    scp ${CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL} ${HOST}:
+    scp ${CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL} ${HOST}:${CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL_STAGED}
     RESULT_VARIABLE result)
   if(${result} GREATER 0)
-    message("error sending doc tarball with scp '${CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL}' '${HOST}:'")
+    message("error sending doc tarball with scp '${CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL}' '${HOST}:${CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL_STAGED}'")
   endif()
-  get_filename_component(CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL_NAME "${CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL}" NAME)
 endif()
 
 # set this so configure file will work from script mode
diff --git a/Utilities/Release/release_cmake.sh.in b/Utilities/Release/release_cmake.sh.in
index f41bda895..1f57c28e3 100755
--- a/Utilities/Release/release_cmake.sh.in
+++ b/Utilities/Release/release_cmake.sh.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ check_exit_value()
 CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL=""
 if [ ! -z "@CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL_NAME@" ] ; then
     CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL=@CMAKE_RELEASE_DIRECTORY@/@CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL_NAME@
-    mv "$HOME/@CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL_NAME@" "$CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL"
+    mv "$HOME/@CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL_STAGED@" "$CMAKE_DOC_TARBALL"
     check_exit_value $? "mv doc tarball" || exit 1
 fi