diff --git a/Scripts/developer_scripts/create_new_release b/Scripts/developer_scripts/create_new_release
index 9c4bd89e686..5d62a6bfbf8 100755
--- a/Scripts/developer_scripts/create_new_release
+++ b/Scripts/developer_scripts/create_new_release
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ if [ -n "$DO_PUBLIC" ]; then
     sed -i -e "s/define CGAL_VERSION .*/define CGAL_VERSION $public_release_version/" -e "s/define CGAL_VERSION_NR .*/define CGAL_VERSION_NR $public_release_number/" include/CGAL/version.h
 
     # Patch the date and CGAL version in man(1) pages
-    sed -e "s/@DATE@/`date '+%B %Y'`/; s/@CGAL_VERSION@/$public_release_name/" auxiliary/*.1
+    sed -i -e "s/@DATE@/`date '+%B %Y'`/; s/@CGAL_VERSION@/$public_release_version/" auxiliary/*.1
 
     echo -n $public_release_version > VERSION 2>&1
     cd ..