diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 333fc2eb8..4b561b58e 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Since then, there have been many people working on the software, most of them
 releasing patches to the original code through the Internet. 
 
 The following people have contributed in some way:
-Veral Albrecht <albrecht@@danalyse.de>,
+Vera Albrecht <albrecht@@danalyse.de>,
 Cecil Aswell <aswell@@netcom.com>,
 Stuart Brorson <sdb@@cloud9.net>,
 Giles C. Billingsley,
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index ea2b505f0..28613e14f 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
 SUBDIRS = @XGRAPHDIR@ doc src man tests
-DIST_SUBDIRS = xgraph doc src man tests examples
+DIST_SUBDIRS = xgraph doc src man tests
 
 EXTRA_DIST = FAQ acconfig.h autogen.sh Stuarts_Poly_Notes  \
 		ANALYSES BUGS AUTHORS ChangeLog \
-		DEVICES NEWS README contrib patches
+		DEVICES NEWS README contrib patches examples
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in aclocal.m4 config.guess \
 			config.h.in config.sub configure install-sh \
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in aclocal.m4 config.guess \
 dist-hook:
 	rm -rf `find $(distdir)/contrib -name CVS`
 	rm -rf `find $(distdir)/patches -name CVS`
+	rm -rf `find $(distdir)/examples -name CVS`
 
 mrproper: maintainer-clean
 	rm -f `find . -type f -name "*~" -print`