diff --git a/scripts/create-release.sh b/scripts/create-release.sh
index 85aa744d8..0fac1c6d5 100755
--- a/scripts/create-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/create-release.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 #
 # $Id$ 
 #
+# 2002-06-17, lem9@users.sourceforge.net:
+# - I option to tar for bzip2 is deprecated, use j
+#
 # 2002-27-04, loic@phpmyadmin.net:
 # - added the cvs branch feature
 #
@@ -63,13 +66,13 @@ date > phpMyAdmin/RELEASE-DATE-$1
 mv phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin-$1
 zip -9 -r phpMyAdmin-$1-php3.zip phpMyAdmin-$1
 tar cvzf phpMyAdmin-$1-php3.tar.gz phpMyAdmin-$1
-tar cvIf phpMyAdmin-$1-php3.tar.bz2 phpMyAdmin-$1
+tar cvjf phpMyAdmin-$1-php3.tar.bz2 phpMyAdmin-$1
 cd phpMyAdmin-$1
 ./scripts/extchg.sh php3 php
 cd ..
 zip -9 -r phpMyAdmin-$1-php.zip phpMyAdmin-$1
 tar cvzf phpMyAdmin-$1-php.tar.gz phpMyAdmin-$1
-tar cvIf phpMyAdmin-$1-php.tar.bz2 phpMyAdmin-$1
+tar cvjf phpMyAdmin-$1-php.tar.bz2 phpMyAdmin-$1
 
 echo ""
 echo ""