diff --git a/doc/tomb.1 b/doc/tomb.1
index ef7a349..2221441 100644
--- a/doc/tomb.1
+++ b/doc/tomb.1
@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ Changes the password of a tomb key file specified in the \fIfirst
 argument\fR. It will need the old password to decode the key file, it
 will then reencode it using the new password.
 
+.B
+.IP "resize"
+Increase the size of a tomb file to the amount of megabytes specified
+by the \fI-s\fI option (total amount of the new size). Tombs cannot be
+made smaller with this command, only bigger. This command makes use of
+the cryptsetup resize feature and the resize2fs command, hence it
+supports only tombs formatted with an EXT filesystem.
+
 .B
 .IP "slam"
 Closes a tomb like the command \fIclose\fR does, but in case it is in
@@ -97,8 +105,8 @@ given. This is used to recoved buried keys from unsuspected places.
 .B
 .B
 .IP "-s \fI<MBytes>\fR" 
-When creating a tomb, this option  MUST be used to specify the size of
-the new \fIfile\fR to be created, in megabytes.
+When creating or resizing a tomb, this option MUST be used to specify
+the size of the new \fIfile\fR to be created, in megabytes.
 .B
 .IP "-k \fI<keyfile>\fR"
 When opening a  tomb, this option can be used  to specify the location
diff --git a/src/tomb b/src/tomb
index 2b96f3e..6f59681 100755
--- a/src/tomb
+++ b/src/tomb
@@ -1145,6 +1145,7 @@ change_passwd() {
 # {{{ - Resize
 # resize tomb file size
 resize_tomb() {
+    _message "Commanded to resize tomb $CMD2 to $opts[-s] megabytes"
     if ! [ ${CMD2} ]; then
         _failure "No tomb name specified for resizing"
     elif ! [ -r "${CMD2}" ]; then
@@ -1181,11 +1182,11 @@ resize_tomb() {
     local tmp_resize=`safe_filename tmbrsz`
     local newtombsize=$opts[-s]
     local oldtombsize=`stat -c %s "${CMD2}" 2>/dev/null`
-	local mounted_tomb=`mount -l |
+    local mounted_tomb=`mount -l |
         awk -vtomb="[$tombname]" '/^\/dev\/mapper\/tomb/ { if($7==tomb) print $1 }'`
 
     if [ "$mounted_tomb" ]; then
-        _failure "the tomb $tombname is mounted: to resize, umount it ('tomb close $tombname' is your friend)."
+        _failure "the tomb $tombname is open, to resize it it needs to be close."
     fi
 
     # MB to bytes conversion
@@ -1208,13 +1209,13 @@ resize_tomb() {
     "$DD" if=/dev/urandom bs=4k count=${tombsize_4k} of="${tmp_resize}"
 
     if [ $? = 0 -a -e "${tmp_resize}" ]; then
-	    act "OK: `ls -lh ${tmp_resize}`"
+	xxx "OK: `ls -lh ${tmp_resize}`"
     else
-	    _failure "Error creating the extra resize $tmp_resize, operation aborted."
+	_failure "Error creating the extra resize $tmp_resize, operation aborted."
     fi
     
     cat "${tmp_resize}" >> "${CMD2}"
-    "${WIPE}" "${tmp_resize}"
+    ${=WIPE} "${tmp_resize}"
     
     local nstloop=`losetup -f`
     if [ $? = 255 ]; then
@@ -1266,6 +1267,8 @@ resize_tomb() {
         _failure "resize2fs failed to resize $mapper"
     fi
 
+    sleep 1 # needs to settle a bit
+
     # close and free the loop device
     cryptsetup luksClose "${mapper}"
     losetup -d ${nstloop}