diff --git a/README b/README
index 3822db6293..2ae18622f3 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -369,12 +369,12 @@ The password is "guest"
 To get a copy of the source in the experimental development tree
 do a
 
-cvs -z9 -d :pserver:cvs@cvs.gnucash.org:/home/cvs/cvsroot checkout -rHEAD gnucash
+cvs -z3 -Pd :pserver:cvs@cvs.gnucash.org:/home/cvs/cvsroot checkout -rHEAD gnucash
 
 To get a copy of the source in the gnucash-1.2 stable production
 tree do a
 
-cvs -z9 -d :pserver:cvs@cvs.gnucash.org:/home/cvs/cvsroot checkout -rxacc-12-patch gnucash
+cvs -z3 -Pd :pserver:cvs@cvs.gnucash.org:/home/cvs/cvsroot checkout -rxacc-12-patch gnucash
 
 
 Main Developers: