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diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 5bc42b4..23430fc 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@ Installation
 Building cgit involves building a proper version of Git. How to do this depends
 on how you obtained the cgit sources.
 
-In a cloned cgit repository, first initialize and update the Git submodule.
+In a cloned cgit repository, first fetch the Git submodule.
 
-    $ git submodule init     # register the Git submodule in .git/config
-    $ $EDITOR .git/config    # if you want to specify a different url for git
-    $ git submodule update   # clone/fetch and checkout correct git version
+    $ git submodule update --init
 
 From a cgit tarball, download a proper git version instead.