diff --git a/README.CVS b/README.CVS
index 408da7bd..69a3d930 100644
--- a/README.CVS
+++ b/README.CVS
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ $ setenv CVS_RSH ssh
 After it's set up, use the following command to download the CVS tree:
 $ cvs -z3 -d:ext:anoncvs@savannah.gnu.org:/cvsroot/nano checkout nano
 
-If you want to download the stable CVS branch, add "-r nano_1_0_branch":
-$ cvs -z3 -d:ext:anoncvs@savannah.gnu.org:/cvsroot/nano checkout -r nano_1_0_branch nano
+If you want to download the stable CVS branch, add "-r nano_1_2_branch":
+$ cvs -z3 -d:ext:anoncvs@savannah.gnu.org:/cvsroot/nano checkout -r nano_1_2_branch nano
 
 Once you have the sources in the "nano" directory, cd into it, and
 execute the "autogen.sh" script in the top directory.  This will set up