diff --git a/build/replace1.sh b/build/replace1.sh
index cff259047ba522e2d1646475a4adc3e154265198..c7ab760cca76e64538cc305aba709e02ca01c889 100755
--- a/build/replace1.sh
+++ b/build/replace1.sh
@@ -109,12 +109,14 @@ $CVS update -j $parent -j $child $dir
 echo "done"
 
 echo -n "Recording conflicts in $CONFLICTS ..."
-$CVS update | awk '/^C/ { print $2 }' > $CONFLICTS
+$CVS update $dir | awk '/^C/ { print $2 }' > $CONFLICTS
 if [ -s $CONFLICTS ] ; then
     echo "Conflicts found, fix before committing."
     cat $CONFLICTS
 fi
+echo "done"
 
+echo -n "Verifying that there are no diffs from $child ..."
 $CVS diff --brief -r $child $dir >> $CONFLICTS  
 if [ -s $CONFLICTS ] ; then
     echo "Danger! The child branch $CHILD differs from the updated branch $dir"
@@ -123,7 +125,6 @@ else
     echo "No conflicts found"
     rm -f $CONFLICTS
 fi
-
 echo "done"
 
 echo "Build, test, commit and then run replace2.sh (no arguments)"