diff --git a/scripts/publish_ios.sh b/scripts/publish_ios.sh
index 01609292487..f65f3e56092 100755
--- a/scripts/publish_ios.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish_ios.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 set -u
 
 #
-# iOS release tag format is `ios-vX.Y.Z`
+# iOS release tag format is `ios-vX.Y.Z`; `X.Y.Z` gets passed in
 #
 PUBLISH_VERSION="$1"
 
diff --git a/scripts/travis_script.sh b/scripts/travis_script.sh
index 28540d886fe..0351f941449 100755
--- a/scripts/travis_script.sh
+++ b/scripts/travis_script.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 COMMIT_MESSAGE=$(git show -s --format=%B $1 | tr -d '\n')
 PUBLISH_TAG=$(echo "$COMMIT_MESSAGE" | grep -oE '\[publish [a-z0-9\.\-]+\]' | grep -oE '[a-z0-9\.\-]+' | tail -n1)
-PUBLISH_PLATFORM=$(echo "$PUBLISH_TAG" | awk -F '-' '{ print $1 }')
+PUBLISH_PLATFORM=$(echo "$PUBLISH_TAG" | awk -F '-v' '{ print $1 }')
 PUBLISH_VERSION=$(echo "$PUBLISH_TAG" | awk -F '-v' '{ print $2 }')
 
 set -e