diff --git a/doc/advopt.txt b/doc/advopt.txt
index bfeee0c643..38461244d2 100644
--- a/doc/advopt.txt
+++ b/doc/advopt.txt
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@ Advanced options:
   --listCmd                 list the commands used to execute external programs
   --parallelBuild=0|1|...   perform a parallel build
                             value = number of processors (0 for auto-detect)
-  --verbosity:0|1|2|3       set Nimrod's verbosity level (0 is default)
+  --verbosity:0|1|2|3       set Nimrod's verbosity level (1 is default)
   -v, --version             show detailed version information
diff --git a/doc/nimrodc.txt b/doc/nimrodc.txt
index 06d447b7e1..179de3b043 100644
--- a/doc/nimrodc.txt
+++ b/doc/nimrodc.txt
@@ -68,6 +68,25 @@ ShadowIdent                      A local variable shadows another local
 User                             Some user defined warning.
 ==========================       ============================================
 
+
+Verbosity levels
+----------------
+
+=====  ============================================
+Level  Description
+=====  ============================================
+0      Minimal output level for the compiler.
+1      Displays compilation of all the compiled files, including those imported
+       by other modules or through the `compile pragma<#compile-pragma>`_.
+       This is the default level.
+2      Displays compilation statistics, enumerates the dynamic
+       libraries that will be loaded by the final binary and dumps to
+       standard output the result of applying `a filter to the source code
+       <filters.html>`_ if any filter was used during compilation.
+3      In addition to the previous levels dumps a debug stack trace
+       for compiler developers.
+=====  ============================================
+
 
 Configuration files
 -------------------
diff --git a/doc/tut1.txt b/doc/tut1.txt
index 746d11f01d..7c2a35f94a 100644
--- a/doc/tut1.txt
+++ b/doc/tut1.txt
@@ -1311,6 +1311,24 @@ integer.
   echo(person[0]) # "Peter"
   echo(person[1]) # 30
 
+  # You don't need to declare tuples in a separate type section.
+  var building: tuple[street: string, number: int]
+  building = ("Rue del Percebe", 13)
+  echo(building.street)
+  
+  # The following line does not compile, they are different tuples!
+  #person = building
+  # --> Error: type mismatch: got (tuple[street: string, number: int])
+  #     but expected 'TPerson'
+  
+  # The following works because the field names and types are the same.
+  var teacher: tuple[name: string, age: int] = ("Mark", 42)
+  person = teacher
+
+Even though you don't need to declare a type for a tuple to use it, tuples
+created with different field names will be considered different objects despite
+having the same field types.
+
 
 Reference and pointer types
 ---------------------------
diff --git a/lib/pure/os.nim b/lib/pure/os.nim
index 408fbd9d43..433a79c5eb 100644
--- a/lib/pure/os.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/os.nim
@@ -794,8 +794,11 @@ when not defined(ENOENT):
   var ENOENT {.importc, header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
 
 proc removeFile*(file: string) {.rtl, extern: "nos$1", tags: [FWriteDir].} =
-  ## Removes the `file`. If this fails, `EOS` is raised. This does not fail
-  ## if the file never existed in the first place.
+  ## Removes the `file`.
+  ##
+  ## If this fails, `EOS` is raised. This does not fail if the file never
+  ## existed in the first place. Despite the name of this proc you can also
+  ## call it on directories, but they will only be removed if they are empty.
   if cremove(file) != 0'i32 and errno != ENOENT: OSError()
 
 proc execShellCmd*(command: string): int {.rtl, extern: "nos$1", 
@@ -1076,8 +1079,12 @@ proc rawRemoveDir(dir: string) =
 proc removeDir*(dir: string) {.rtl, extern: "nos$1", tags: [
   FWriteDir, FReadDir].} =
   ## Removes the directory `dir` including all subdirectories and files
-  ## in `dir` (recursively). If this fails, `EOS` is raised. This does not fail
-  ## if the directory never existed in the first place.
+  ## in `dir` (recursively).
+  ##
+  ## If this fails, `EOS` is raised. This does not fail if the directory never
+  ## existed in the first place. If you need non recursive directory removal
+  ## which fails when the directory contains files use the `removeFile` proc
+  ## instead.
   for kind, path in walkDir(dir): 
     case kind
     of pcFile, pcLinkToFile, pcLinkToDir: removeFile(path)
diff --git a/lib/pure/times.nim b/lib/pure/times.nim
index a28c9a24e6..03a05aea19 100644
--- a/lib/pure/times.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/times.nim
@@ -153,15 +153,15 @@ proc TimeInfoToTime*(timeInfo: TTimeInfo): TTime {.tags: [].}
   ## them from the other information in the broken-down time structure.
 
 proc fromSeconds*(since1970: float): TTime {.tags: [].}
-  ## Takes a float which contains the number of seconds since 1970 and
+  ## Takes a float which contains the number of seconds since the unix epoch and
   ## returns a time object.
 
 proc fromSeconds*(since1970: int|int64): TTime = fromSeconds(float(since1970))
-  ## Takes an in which contains the number of seconds since 1970 and
+  ## Takes an int which contains the number of seconds since the unix epoch and
   ## returns a time object.
 
 proc toSeconds*(time: TTime): float {.tags: [].}
-  ## Returns the time in seconds since 1970.
+  ## Returns the time in seconds since the unix epoch.
 
 proc `$` *(timeInfo: TTimeInfo): string {.tags: [].}
   ## converts a `TTimeInfo` object to a string representation.
@@ -226,14 +226,9 @@ proc getDaysInMonth(month: TMonth, year: int): int =
   of mApr, mJun, mSep, mNov: result = 30
   else: result = 31
 
-proc `-`*(interval: TTimeInterval): TTimeInterval =
-  for a, b in fields(result, interval):
-    a = -b
-
-proc toSeconds*(a: TTimeInfo, interval: TTimeInterval): float =
-  ## Returns the time the interval will be at that point in time. This
-  ## needs a time as well, because e.g. a month is not always the same
-  ## length.
+proc toSeconds(a: TTimeInfo, interval: TTimeInterval): float =
+  ## Calculates how many seconds the interval is worth by adding up
+  ## all the fields
 
   var anew = a
   var newinterv = interval
@@ -253,9 +248,6 @@ proc toSeconds*(a: TTimeInfo, interval: TTimeInterval): float =
   result += float(newinterv.seconds)
   result += newinterv.miliseconds / 1000
 
-proc toSeconds*(a: TTime, interval: TTimeInterval): float =
-  result = toSeconds(getGMTime(a), interval)
-
 proc `+`*(a: TTimeInfo, interval: TTimeInterval): TTimeInfo =
   ## adds ``interval`` time.
   ##
@@ -273,7 +265,12 @@ proc `-`*(a: TTimeInfo, interval: TTimeInterval): TTimeInfo =
   ##
   ## **Note:** This has been only briefly tested, it is inaccurate especially
   ## when you subtract so much that you reach the Julian calendar.
-  result = a + -interval
+  let t = toSeconds(TimeInfoToTime(a))
+  let secs = toSeconds(a, interval)
+  if a.tzname == "UTC":
+    result = getGMTime(fromSeconds(t - secs))
+  else:
+    result = getLocalTime(fromSeconds(t - secs))
 
 when not defined(JS):  
   proc epochTime*(): float {.rtl, extern: "nt$1", tags: [FTime].}
@@ -742,4 +739,6 @@ when isMainModule:
   var t4 = getGMTime(fromSeconds(876124714)) # Mon  6 Oct 08:58:34 BST 1997
   assert t4.format("M MM MMM MMMM") == "10 10 Oct October"
   
-  
+  # Interval tests
+  assert((t4 - initInterval(years = 2)).format("yyyy") == "1995")
+  assert((t4 - initInterval(years = 7, minutes = 34, seconds = 24)).format("yyyy mm ss") == "1990 24 10")