diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 2b0d1ed9b1d22053ad128f60de3f49a52e162685..0887753ae423b44b09ae36ce8d68b7a0272254e4 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu no-dependencies
 SUBDIRS = doc m4 po src
 
 EXTRA_DIST = ABOUT-NLS AUTHORS BUGS COPYING COPYING.DOC ChangeLog \
-		ChangeLog.pre-2.1 INSTALL NEWS README README.CVS \
+		ChangeLog.pre-2.1 INSTALL NEWS README README.SVN \
 		THANKS TODO UPGRADE config.rpath install-sh missing \
 		mkinstalldirs nano.spec
 
diff --git a/README.CVS b/README.SVN
similarity index 100%
rename from README.CVS
rename to README.SVN