diff --git a/evennia/contrib/tutorial_world/build.ev b/evennia/contrib/tutorial_world/build.ev
index 8780400e6c..b120ff277e 100644
--- a/evennia/contrib/tutorial_world/build.ev
+++ b/evennia/contrib/tutorial_world/build.ev
@@ -294,14 +294,14 @@ start
  on the sign.
 # Set a climbable object for discovering a hidden exit
 #
-@create/drop gnarled old trees;tree;trees;gnarled : tutorial_world.objects.TutorialClimbable
+@create/drop gnarled old tree;tree;trees;gnarled : tutorial_world.objects.TutorialClimbable
 #
-@desc trees = Only the sturdiest of trees survive at the edge of the
- moor. A small group of huddling black things has dug in near the
+@desc tree = Only the sturdiest of trees survive at the edge of the
+ moor. A small huddling black thing has dug in near the
  cliff edge, eternally pummeled by wind and salt to become an integral
  part of the gloomy scenery.
 #
-@lock trees = get:false()
+@lock tree = get:false()
 #
 @set trees/get_err_msg =
  The group of old trees have withstood the eternal wind for hundreds
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ north
 # regular exits back to the cliff, that is handled by the bridge
 # typeclass itself.
 #
-@dig The old bridge;bridge;tut#05
+@dig The old bridge;bridge;east;e;tut#05
  : tutorial_world.rooms.BridgeRoom
  = old bridge;east;e;bridge;hangbridge
 #
diff --git a/evennia/contrib/tutorial_world/objects.py b/evennia/contrib/tutorial_world/objects.py
index 512eca91c2..aa80bb6f3c 100644
--- a/evennia/contrib/tutorial_world/objects.py
+++ b/evennia/contrib/tutorial_world/objects.py
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ class CrumblingWall(TutorialObject, DefaultExit):
         """called when the object is first created."""
         super().at_object_creation()
 
-        self.aliases.add(["secret passage", "passage", "crack", "opening", "secret door"])
+        self.aliases.add(["secret passage", "passage", "crack", "opening", "secret"])
 
         # starting root positions. H1/H2 are the horizontally hanging roots,
         # V1/V2 the vertically hanging ones. Each can have three positions:
@@ -688,6 +688,7 @@ class CrumblingWall(TutorialObject, DefaultExit):
         # start a 45 second timer before closing again. We store the deferred so it can be
         # killed in unittesting.
         self.deferred = delay(45, self.reset)
+        return True
 
     def _translate_position(self, root, ipos):
         """Translates the position into words"""
@@ -740,7 +741,7 @@ class CrumblingWall(TutorialObject, DefaultExit):
                 "The wall is old and covered with roots that here and there have permeated the stone. "
                 "The roots (or whatever they are - some of them are covered in small nondescript flowers) "
                 "crisscross the wall, making it hard to clearly see its stony surface. Maybe you could "
-                "try to |wshift|n or |wmove|n them.\n"
+                "try to |wshift|n or |wmove|n them (like '|wshift red up|n').\n"
             ]
             # display the root positions to help with the puzzle
             for key, pos in self.db.root_pos.items():