diff --git a/development/tools/update-po.sh b/development/tools/update-po.sh
index 596c3fbbe9..25be194359 100755
--- a/development/tools/update-po.sh
+++ b/development/tools/update-po.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ done
 
 if [ -z "$FARM" ]; then
   echo "You must set the FARM variable to run this script, e.g.:";
-  echo "# FARM=/cvs/lyx-www/ bash check-po.sh";
+  echo "# FARM=/cvs/lyx-www/ bash update-po.sh";
   exit 1;
 fi
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ fi
 
 if diff -w -q "$I18NFILE $FARM/$I18NFILE" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   echo No string differences found.
-  git checkout ./*.po;
+  git checkout ./*.po ./*.gmo;
   exit 0;
 fi
 
@@ -138,11 +138,13 @@ if ! cd "$FARM"; then
 fi
 
 echo Updating the www-user tree...
-# note that we're assuming this one is svn.
-svn up;
+if ! git pull; then
+  echo "Problem updating www-user tree";
+  exit 1;
+fi
 
 echo Moving $I18NFILE...;
 mv "$LYXROOT/po/$I18NFILE" .;
 
 echo Committing...;
-$DEBUG svn commit -m "* $I18NFILE: update stats" $I18NFILE;
+$DEBUG git commit -m "* $I18NFILE: update stats" $I18NFILE;