diff --git a/INSTALL.CVS b/INSTALL.CVS
index e67ea4db0f2..2903835deb0 100644
--- a/INSTALL.CVS
+++ b/INSTALL.CVS
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ Write access to the CVS repository requires using SSH v2.
 
 If you execute cvs commands inside Emacs, specifically if you use
 pcl-cvs, output from CVS may be lost due to a problem in the
-interface between ssh, cvs, and libc.  Corrupted checkins have
-also been rumored to have happened.
+interface between ssh, cvs, and libc.  Corrupted checkins are
+also known to have happened.
 
 To fix the problem, save the following script into a file, make it
 executable, and set CVS_RSH to the file name of the script: