diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5fdd4d1..030d9cd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -377,8 +377,8 @@ they can be printed selectively using:
 Compressing images
 ------------------
 
-Images are using bzip2(1) for distribution.  This can be invoked
-manually using:
+Images are compressed using bzip2(1) for distribution.  This can
+be invoked manually using:
 
     # make compress-<image1>[,<image2>]
 
diff --git a/build/compress.sh b/build/compress.sh
index c28d1b9..31acc19 100644
--- a/build/compress.sh
+++ b/build/compress.sh
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ SELF=compress
 for ARG in ${@}; do
 	case ${ARG} in
 	arm|dvd|nano|serial|vga|vm)
-		for FILE in $(find ${IMAGESDIR} -name \
+		for IMAGE in $(find ${IMAGESDIR} -name \
 		    "*-${PRODUCT_FLAVOUR}-${ARG}-*" \! -name "*.bz2"); do
 			echo -n ">>> Compressing ${ARG} image... "
-			bzip2 ${FILE}
+			bzip2 ${IMAGE}
 			echo "done"
 		done
 		;;