diff --git a/outputs/basics.sh b/outputs/basics.sh
index 4e258d476f..f5d26577ea 100755
--- a/outputs/basics.sh
+++ b/outputs/basics.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ example basics/tcl-zlib-hash  "spack install tcl ^/${zlib_hash}"
 
 example basics/find-ldf        "spack find -ldf"
 
+example basics/graph-tcl       "spack graph tcl"
+
+example basics/hdf5-spec       "spack spec hdf5"
 example basics/hdf5            "spack install hdf5"
 example basics/hdf5-no-mpi     "spack install hdf5~mpi"
 
@@ -58,8 +61,6 @@ example basics/hdf5-hl-mpi     "spack install hdf5+hl+mpi ^mpich"
 
 example basics/find-ldf-2      "spack find -ldf"
 
-example basics/graph-hdf5      "spack graph hdf5+hl+mpi ^mpich"
-
 example basics/trilinos        "spack install trilinos"
 
 example basics/trilinos-hdf5   "spack install trilinos +hdf5 ^hdf5+hl+mpi ^mpich"
diff --git a/tutorial_basics.rst b/tutorial_basics.rst
index 0cd8304e9e..64da753ee5 100644
--- a/tutorial_basics.rst
+++ b/tutorial_basics.rst
@@ -166,9 +166,23 @@ Note that each package has a top-level entry, even if it also appears as a depen
 .. literalinclude:: outputs/basics/find-ldf.out
    :language: console
 
+Spack models the dependencies of packages as a directed acyclic graph (DAG).
+The ``spack find -d`` command shows the tree representation of that graph, which loses some dependency relationship information.
+We can also use the ``spack graph`` command to view the entire DAG as a graph.
+
+.. literalinclude:: outputs/basics/graph-tcl.out
+   :language: console
+
 Let's move on to slightly more complicated packages.
 HDF5 is a good example of a more complicated package, with an MPI dependency.
 If we install it with default settings it will build with OpenMPI.
+We can check the install plan in advance to ensure it's what we want to install using the ``spack spec`` command.
+The ``spack spec`` command accepts the same spec syntax.
+
+.. literalinclude:: outputs/basics/hdf5-spec.out
+   :language: console
+
+Assuming we're happy with that configuration, we will now install it.
 
 .. literalinclude:: outputs/basics/hdf5.out
    :language: console
@@ -201,13 +215,6 @@ We'll do a quick check in on what we have installed so far.
 .. literalinclude:: outputs/basics/find-ldf-2.out
    :language: console
 
-Spack models the dependencies of packages as a directed acyclic graph (DAG).
-The ``spack find -d`` command shows the tree representation of that graph.
-We can also use the ``spack graph`` command to view the entire DAG as a graph.
-
-.. literalinclude:: outputs/basics/graph-hdf5.out
-   :language: console
-
 HDF5 is more complicated than our basic example of zlib-ng and Tcl, but it's still within the realm of software that an experienced HPC user could reasonably expect to manually install given a bit of time.
 Now let's look at an even more complicated package.