diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index e6dd3c741..edc7cc7a4 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -43,15 +43,15 @@ of how it works:
 Installing salsita-gitflow
 ==========================
 
-You can install ``salsita gitflow``, using::
+You can install ``salsita-gitflow`` using::
 
-    pip install salsita-gitflow
+    pip install --allow-external rbtools --allow-unverified rbtools salsita-gitflow
 
-Or, if you'd like to use ``easy_install`` instead::
+To upgrade the package to the current version, just add ``-U`` flag to the command::
 
-    easy_install salsita-gitflow
+    pip install -U --allow-external rbtools --allow-unverified rbtools salsita-gitflow
 
-``salsita-gitflow`` requires Python 2.7.
+Please not that ``salsita-gitflow`` requires Python 2.7.
 
 Setting it up
 -------------
diff --git a/gitflow/__init__.py b/gitflow/__init__.py
index f5ac7e77e..726e7e298 100644
--- a/gitflow/__init__.py
+++ b/gitflow/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # Distributed under a BSD-like license. For full terms see the file LICENSE.txt
 #
 
-VERSION = (1, 4, 8)
+VERSION = (1, 4, 9)
 
 __version__ = ".".join(map(str, VERSION[0:3])) + "".join(VERSION[3:])
 __author__ = "Ondrej Kupka, Tomas Brambora, Hartmut Goebelm, Vincent Driessen"
diff --git a/gitflow/exceptions.py b/gitflow/exceptions.py
index e15808a4e..8c074375b 100644
--- a/gitflow/exceptions.py
+++ b/gitflow/exceptions.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class OperationsError(GitflowError): pass
 class PrefixNotUniqueError(OperationsError): pass
 class MergeError(OperationsError): pass
 class PostReviewError(OperationsError): pass
+class SubmitReviewError(OperationsError): pass
 
 class StatusError(GitflowError): pass
 class WorkdirIsDirtyError(StatusError): pass
diff --git a/gitflow/review.py b/gitflow/review.py
index cc7f90953..0ee09ef6b 100644
--- a/gitflow/review.py
+++ b/gitflow/review.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from gitflow.core import GitFlow
 from gitflow.exceptions import (GitflowError, MultipleReviewRequestsForBranch,
                                 NoSuchBranchError, AncestorNotFound, EmptyDiff,
-                                PostReviewError)
+                                PostReviewError, SubmitReviewError)
 
 class ReviewRequestLimitError(GitflowError):
     def __str__(self):
@@ -178,7 +178,19 @@ def submit(self):
         assert self._status
         if self._status == 'submitted':
             return
-        self._update(status='submitted')
+
+        cmd = ['rbt', 'close', '--close-type', 'submitted', str(self.get_id())]
+        p = sub.Popen(cmd, stdout=sub.PIPE, stderr=sub.PIPE)
+        (outdata, errdata) = p.communicate()
+
+        if p.returncode != 0:
+            print('>>>> rbt error output')
+            print(errdata)
+            print('<<<< rbt error output')
+            print('If the error output is not sufficient, execute')
+            print('\n    $ rbt close --debug --close-type submitted {0}\n'.format(self.get_id()))
+            print('and see what happens.')
+            raise SubmitReviewError('Failed to submit review request.')
 
     def is_accepted(self):
         assert self._rid