diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index fa8246313..686f21db0 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -524,8 +524,8 @@ MUTTER_MINOR_VERSION=mutter_minor_version
 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-$stable_version branch in git)"
+   echo -n "Use 3.$stable_version.x for stable "
+   echo    "(gnome-3-$stable_version branch in git)"
 else
    echo "This is the stable branch of mutter"
 fi