diff --git a/HISTORY.TXT b/HISTORY.TXT
index 7c4ad8dec3..2212ac92e7 100644
--- a/HISTORY.TXT
+++ b/HISTORY.TXT
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ next.  Developers are strongly encouraged to document their changes and
 their impacts on the users here.  (Please add the most recent changes to 
 the top of the list.)
 
-For a complete change history, please see the Subversion log comments.
+For a complete change history, please see the Git log comments.
 
 Version 5.6.8 (2012-02-08):
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