diff --git a/README.CVS b/README.CVS
index 716884a3..169a1b8c 100644
--- a/README.CVS
+++ b/README.CVS
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ To succesfully compile GNU nano from CVS, you'll need the
 following packages:
 
 - autoconf (versions 2.13 or >= 2.50)
-- automake (version 1.4-pl4 recommended)
+- automake (version 1.4-pl5 recommended)
 - autoheader
 - gettext (version 0.10.40)
 - texinfo
@@ -18,13 +18,15 @@ These should be available on your GNU mirror.
 
 
 To download the CVS tree, execute the following command:
-$ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/nano login
+$ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/nano login
 and press enter at the password prompt.
 Then, do
-$ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/nano checkout src
-[FIXME for Savannah] and the nano tree will download.
+$ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/nano checkout nano
+and the nano tree will download.
+If you want to checkout the stable CVS branch, append -r nano_1_0_branch:
+$ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/nano checkout -r nano_1_0_branch nano
 
-One you have the sources in the "src" directory, cd into it, and execute
+One you have the sources in the "nano" directory, cd into it, and execute
 the "autogen.sh" script in the top dir. This will setup a configure script
 and Makefile.in, and you will be ready to compile with
 $ ./configure [--add-options-here] && make