diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 244211af076..9880411e802 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@ Utilities
      Create a compressed archive of the source code and all the libraries of dependencies.
 
    * update:
-     Updates git and all submodules and svn.
+     Update blender repository and libraries.
 
    * update_code:
-     Updates git and all submodules but not svn.
+     Updates blender repository only, without updating libraries.
 
    * format:
      Format source code using clang-format & autopep8 (uses PATHS if passed in). For example::