diff --git a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
index eb2f1e64edf..4594f334105 100755
--- a/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_maintainer.pl
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ sub vcs_exists {
 	warn("$P: No supported VCS found.  Add --nogit to options?\n");
 	warn("Using a git repository produces better results.\n");
 	warn("Try Linus Torvalds' latest git repository using:\n");
-	warn("git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git\n");
+	warn("git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git\n");
 	$printed_novcs = 1;
     }
     return 0;