diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e7b47d35e1..2552c8df8e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-02-23  Christian Ridderström <christian.ridderstrom@gmail.com>
+
+	* README: change the references to 'cvs' into 'Subversion'.
+
 2006-02-16  Georg Baum  <Georg.Baum@post.rwth-aachen.de>
 
 	* UPGRADING: update for 1.4.0
diff --git a/README b/README
index 65400357ef..87c9f10f3c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ How does the LyX version scheme work?
     these releases will contain a few new features, and that the
     bulk of the patches will be documentation updates.
 
-    If you get the source from cvs, the version string will look like
-    one of:
+    If you get the source from Subversion, the version string will
+    look like one of:
 
-       1.4.1cvs     -- this is the stable branch on which maintenance
+       1.4.1svn     -- this is the stable branch on which maintenance
                release 1.4.1 will eventually be tagged.
-       1.5.0cvs     -- this is the main branch on which stable
+       1.5.0svn     -- this is the main branch on which stable
                release 1.5.0 will eventually be tagged.
 
 What's new?
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ Internet resources of relevance to LyX
     ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/
 
     The LyX Development page has information about the development
-    effort. LyX is under CVS control, so you can get the very
+    effort. LyX is under Subversion control, so you can get the very
     latest sources from there at any time.
     http://www.lyx.org/devel
     ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/