diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 09d1f6351..207305293 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ if expr $MUTTER_MINOR_VERSION % 2 > /dev/null ; then
    stable_version=`expr $MUTTER_MINOR_VERSION - 1`
    echo "This is the UNSTABLE branch of mutter"
    echo -n "Use 2.$stable_version.x for stable "
-   echo    "(gnome-2-$stable_version branch in Subversion)"
+   echo    "(gnome-2-$stable_version branch in git)"
 else
    echo "This is the stable branch of mutter"
 fi