diff --git a/tutorial/t1.geo b/tutorial/t1.geo
index 9c20d814e6241254d336f7cc94e607eaed55e211..ce12fd846b9370ebac3b4eb90d3ab510468e43eb 100644
--- a/tutorial/t1.geo
+++ b/tutorial/t1.geo
@@ -67,18 +67,18 @@ Physical Point(1) = {1,2} ;
 // both with the region number 1. The mechanism is identical for line or surface
 // elements:
 
-MY_FIRST_LINE = 99;
-Physical Line(MY_FIRST_LINE) = {1,2} ;
+MY_LINE = 2;
+Physical Line(MY_LINE) = {1,2} ;
 Physical Line("My second line (auto physical id)") = {3} ;
-Physical Line("My third line (physical id 199)", 199) = {4} ;
+Physical Line("My third line (physical id 5)", 5) = {4} ;
 Physical Surface("My surface") = {6} ;
 
 // All the line elements created during the meshing of lines 1 and 2 will be
-// saved in the output mesh file with the physical id 99. The elements from line
+// saved in the output mesh file with the physical id 2. The elements from line
 // 3 will be saved in the output mesh file with an automatic physical id,
 // associated with the label "My second line (auto physical id)". The elements
-// from line 4 will be saved with physical id 199, associated with the label "My
-// third line (physical id 199)". And finally, all the triangular elements
+// from line 4 will be saved with physical id 5, associated with the label "My
+// third line (physical id 5)". And finally, all the triangular elements
 // resulting from the discretization of surface 6 will be given an automatic
 // physical id associated with the label "My surface").
 
diff --git a/tutorial/t3.geo b/tutorial/t3.geo
index 04c1576e0aff82568d22fba80216f265f6fe9736..e77cfb3857f178523acdf1e49ec0ee1c159b89fb 100644
--- a/tutorial/t3.geo
+++ b/tutorial/t3.geo
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Extrude {0,0,h} {
 // ({0,1,0}), an axis point ({-0.1,0,0.1}) and a rotation angle (-Pi/2):
 
 Extrude { {0,1,0} , {-0.1,0,0.1} , -Pi/2 } {
-  Surface{122}; Layers{7}; Recombine;
+  Surface{28}; Layers{7}; Recombine;
 }
 
 // Note that a translation ({-2*h,0,0}) and a rotation ({1,0,0}, {0,0.15,0.25},
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ DefineConstant[ angle = {90, Min 0, Max 120, Step 1,
                          Name "Parameters/Twisting angle"} ];
 
 out[] = Extrude { {-2*h,0,0}, {1,0,0} , {0,0.15,0.25} , angle * Pi / 180 } {
-  Surface{144}; Layers{10}; Recombine;
+  Surface{50}; Layers{10}; Recombine;
 };
 
 // In this last extrusion command we retrieved the volume number programatically