diff --git a/doc/guide.html b/doc/guide.html
index b9d977f08..c321138fd 100644
--- a/doc/guide.html
+++ b/doc/guide.html
@@ -357,8 +357,10 @@ GNU Make
 <H3 CLASS="subsection"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc10">2.4.2</A>&#XA0;&#XA0;<A HREF="#download">Download Source Code</A></H3><!--SEC END --><P> <A NAME="download"></A> 
 </P><P>Released versions of <TT>ejabberd</TT> are available in the ProcessOne <TT>ejabberd</TT> downloads page:
 <A HREF="http://www.process-one.net/en/ejabberd/downloads"><TT>http://www.process-one.net/en/ejabberd/downloads</TT></A></P><P>
-Alternatively, the latest development version can be retrieved from the Subversion repository using this command:
-</P><PRE CLASS="verbatim">svn co http://svn.process-one.net/ejabberd/trunk ejabberd
+Alternatively, the latest development source code can be retrieved from the Git repository using the commands:
+</P><PRE CLASS="verbatim">git clone git://git.process-one.net/ejabberd/mainline.git ejabberd
+cd ejabberd
+git checkout -b 2.1.x origin/2.1.x
 </PRE><P> <A NAME="compile"></A> </P><!--TOC subsection Compile-->
 <H3 CLASS="subsection"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc11">2.4.3</A>&#XA0;&#XA0;<A HREF="#compile">Compile</A></H3><!--SEC END --><P> <A NAME="compile"></A> 
 </P><P>To compile <TT>ejabberd</TT> execute the commands:
diff --git a/doc/guide.tex b/doc/guide.tex
index d500958d6..2cd9725fb 100644
--- a/doc/guide.tex
+++ b/doc/guide.tex
@@ -325,10 +325,12 @@ To compile \ejabberd{} on a `Unix-like' operating system, you need:
 Released versions of \ejabberd{} are available in the ProcessOne \ejabberd{} downloads page:
 \ahrefurl{http://www.process-one.net/en/ejabberd/downloads}
 
-\ind{Subversion repository}
-Alternatively, the latest development version can be retrieved from the Subversion repository using this command:
+\ind{Git repository}
+Alternatively, the latest development source code can be retrieved from the Git repository using the commands:
 \begin{verbatim}
-svn co http://svn.process-one.net/ejabberd/trunk ejabberd
+git clone git://git.process-one.net/ejabberd/mainline.git ejabberd
+cd ejabberd
+git checkout -b 2.1.x origin/2.1.x
 \end{verbatim}