diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
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 (or use the mirror on github: git clone http://github.com/golang/gofrontend)
 
 That gives you the frontend only.  Now you need a copy of the GCC
-source code.  See http://gcc.gnu.org/svn.html for details, or simply:
+source code.  See http://gcc.gnu.org/git.html for details, or simply:
 
-svn checkout svn://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk
+git clone git://gcc.gnu.org/git/gcc
 
 The GCC source code will have a copy of the Go frontend, but because
 you want to change the Go frontend, you will need to replace that copy