diff --git a/README b/README
index f2a8b0585b0541b66ac12335575be880bc8a97ee..f1118fb158271ab2b7effdb64c7b670de9ad7897 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@ In order to improve the quality of patches submitted to the Lustre tree,
 it is possible to automatically check every patch and commit against the
 Lustre Coding Guidelines.  To do this, run in the top-level lustre/ tree:
 
-    cp build/{prepare-,}commit-msg .git/hooks/
+    cd .git/hooks
+    ln -s ../../contrib/git-hooks/{prepare-,}commit-msg ./
+    cd ../..