diff --git a/dlib/hash_map/hash_map_kernel_c.h b/dlib/hash_map/hash_map_kernel_c.h
index b643c5d4d..4db937249 100644
--- a/dlib/hash_map/hash_map_kernel_c.h
+++ b/dlib/hash_map/hash_map_kernel_c.h
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ namespace dlib
     ) const
     {
         // make sure requires clause is not broken
-        DLIB_CASSERT( is_in_domain(d),
+        DLIB_CASSERT( this->is_in_domain(d),
             "\tconst range& hash_map::operator[]"
             << "\n\td must be in the domain of the hash_map"
             << "\n\tthis: " << this
diff --git a/docs/makerel b/docs/makerel
index a9137027b..112159234 100755
--- a/docs/makerel
+++ b/docs/makerel
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ set_dlib_version PATCH 0
 RELEASE=${MAJOR_NUM}.${MINOR_NUM} 
 # Commit changes to the version numbers so that the makedocs script will use them.
 echo Create Mercurial tags and commit release
-hg tag v$RELEASE || report_failure
 hg commit -m "Created release v$RELEASE" || report_failure
+hg tag v$RELEASE || report_failure
 
 ./makedocs makerel || exit 1