diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 96563fc96..2289e804a 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ http://nlnetlabs.nl/projects/ldns/
 Autoconf:
 
 If you modify configure.ac or configure doesn't exist (eg if you checked
-the code out of CVS yourself) then you will need autoconf-2.69 to rebuild
+the code out of git yourself) then you will need autoconf-2.69 to rebuild
 the automatically generated files by running "autoreconf".  Earlier
 versions may also work but this is not guaranteed.