diff --git a/maven-core/README.txt b/maven-core/README.txt
index cde38a9072..1ba98e0504 100644
--- a/maven-core/README.txt
+++ b/maven-core/README.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ or
 
 4) Make sure JAVA_HOME is set to the location of your JDK
 
-5) Run "m2 --version" to verify that it is correctly installed.
+5) Run "mvn --version" to verify that it is correctly installed.
 
-For more information, please see http://maven.apache.org/maven2/
+For more information, please see http://maven.apache.org