diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f41b5142..a3196cca 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 	* src/nano.c (precalc_multicolorinfo): Actually set the intended
 	non-blocking mode for keyboard input.
 	* src/winio.c: Relocate and correct a few comments.
+	* README.SVN: To build nano from svn, ssh is not required.
 
 2014-04-14  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* src/{proto.h,cut.c,nano.c,text.c}: Remove the unused parameter
diff --git a/README.SVN b/README.SVN
index f5476f2e..5dfa84de 100644
--- a/README.SVN
+++ b/README.SVN
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ packages:
 - groff    (version >= 1.12)
 - texinfo  (version >= 4.0)
 - subversion (aka svn)
-- ssh (with support for the SSH version 2 protocol)
 - glib 2.x (if your system doesn't have vsnprintf(), which the configure
   script will check for)
 - make, gcc and the normal development libraries (curses or slang, etc.)
@@ -30,15 +29,15 @@ to use UTF-8.
 Download the source
 -------------------
 
-To obtain the current nano development code (called 'trunk'), use the 
-following command.  It will create a copy of the files in a subdirectory 
+To obtain the current nano development code (called 'trunk'), use the
+following command.  It will create a copy of the files in a subdirectory
 of your current working directory called 'nano':
 
     $ svn co svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano
 
 If you want to download the stable SVN branch instead, use:
 
-    $ svn co svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/branches/nano_2_0_branch/nano
+    $ svn co svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/branches/nano_2_2_branch/nano
 
 
 Generate the configure script
@@ -83,5 +82,5 @@ you'll need to run that "make install" command with root privileges.
 Problems?
 ---------
 
-Please submit any bugs in the SVN branch using the Savannah project's 
-bug tracker (https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano)
+Please submit any bugs in the SVN branch using the Savannah project's
+bug tracker (https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano).