diff --git a/misc/release b/misc/release
index 27174f3b..24deb0ca 100755
--- a/misc/release
+++ b/misc/release
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ if [ x`cat version` != x"${version}" ]; then
     git update-index version
     git commit -m "Version ${version}" -- version
 fi
-git tag -f "nasm-${version}" -m "NASM version ${version}"
+git tag -m "NASM version ${version}" -f "nasm-${version}" 
 
 cd "$WHERE"
 rm -rf nasm-release.*