diff --git a/tools/release b/tools/release
index 39cebde..78aada1 100755
--- a/tools/release
+++ b/tools/release
@@ -52,10 +52,12 @@ sh('./setup.py register')
 sh('./setup.py sdist --formats=gztar,zip upload')
 cd(distdir)
 print( 'Uploading distribution files...')
+# FIXME: this assumes the path *with the version number* exists on the server
 sh('scp * %s' % release_site)
 
 print( 'Uploading backup files...')
 cd(ipbackupdir)
+# FIXME: this assumes the path *with the version number* exists on the server
 sh('scp `ls -1tr *tgz | tail -1` %s' % backup_site)
 
 print('Done!')
diff --git a/tools/testupload b/tools/testupload
index 499e652..dd95512 100755
--- a/tools/testupload
+++ b/tools/testupload
@@ -16,4 +16,6 @@ execfile(pjoin(ipdir, 'IPython','core','release.py'))
 testing_site = '%s/testing/%s' % (archive, version)
 
 cd(distdir)
+
+# FIXME: this assumes the path *with the version number* exists on the server
 sh('scp * %s' % testing_site)